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Border Tunnels : A Media Theory of the U. S. -Mexico Underground / Juan Llamas-Rodriguez.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Llamas-Rodriguez, Juan, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Border crossing in mass media.
Borderlands in mass media.
Tunnels in mass media.
Mexican-American Border Region--In mass media.
Mexican-American Border Region.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
Summary:
"Analyzing the technologies, institutional politics, narrative tropes, and aesthetic decisions that go into showing border tunnels across multiple forms of media, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez argues that we cannot properly address border issues without attending to-and fully understanding-the fraught relationship between their representation and reality"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : a media theory of the border tunnel
TV news and spectacle
Reality TV and performativity
Digital animation and plasticity
First-person shooters and racialization
Speculative design and sustainability
Conclusion : media theory from the border tunnel.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Description based on print version record.
Includes index.
Other Format:
Print version: Llamas-Rodriguez, Juan Border Tunnels
ISBN:
9781452969770
1452969779
9781452969763
1452969760

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