Latin Looks : Images Of Latinas And Latinos In The U.s. Media / by Clara E Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodriguez, Clara E, author.

Contributor:

Rodriguez, Clara E., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans and mass media.

Hispanic Americans in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Summary:

"Collection of essays provides a sustained critique of stereotypical images and representations of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in US film, television, and printed media. Authors of individual chapters are experts in media and/or performance studies. Contributes to a better understanding of Latino cultural experiences in US society"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART ONE Latinos on Television and in the News: Absent or Misrepresented; 1. Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media; 2. Hispanic Voices: Is the Press Listening?; 3. Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters in TV Entertainment; PART TWO The Silver Screen: Stories and Stereotypes; 4. Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars; 5. CItizen Chicano: The Trials and Tittilations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1962; 6. Stereotyping in FIlms in General and of the Hispanic in Particular; 7. Chicanas in Film: History of an Image

8. From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films9. West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading of ""America""; 10. Keeping it Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s; PART THREE Creating Alternative Images: ""The Others"" Present Themselves; 11. From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York; 12. Unofficial Stories: Documentaries by Latinas and Latin American Women; 13. Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film; 14. Two Film Reviews: My Family/Mi Familia and The Perez Family; 15. Hispanic-Oriented Media; PART FOUR Strategies for Change

16. Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing17. Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book; 18. What We Can Do; References; About the Book and Editor; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-367-31659-5

0-429-97895-2

0-429-49932-9

0-7867-4227-5

1-4294-9134-5

9780429499326

OCLC:

36364100