In Search of Belonging : Latinas, Media, and Citizenship / Jillian M. Báez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Báez, Jillian M., 1981- author.

Series:

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Femininity--United States.

Femininity.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Hispanic American women--Illinois--Chicago--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic American women.

Hispanic American women in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 184 pages) :) illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

In Search of Belonging explores the ways Latina/o audiences in general, and women in particular, makes sense of and engage both mainstream and Spanish-language media. Jillian M. Báez's eye-opening ethnographic analysis draws on the experiences of a diverse group of Latinas in Chicago. In-depth interviews reveal Latinas viewing media images through a lens of citizenship. These women search for nothing less than recognition--and belonging --through representations of Latinas in films, advertising, telenovelas, and TV shows like Ugly Betty and Modern Family. Báez's personal interactions and research merge to create a fascinating portrait, one that privileges the perspectives of the women themselves as they consume media in complex, unpredictable ways. Innovative and informed by a wealth of new evidence, In Search of Belonging answers important questions about the ways Latinas perform citizenship in today's America.

Contents:

1. Navigating and negotiating Latina beauty

2. The importance of space and Latina audiences

3. Revisiting hypersexuality

4. Intergenerational readings

Conclusion : consuming citizenship and consumer citizens.

Notes:

Includes filmography (pages [153]-155), bibliographical references (pages [157]-175) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252050466

0252050460