Latin Looks Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U. S. Media

Name: Latin Looks Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U. S. Media
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ISBN: 9780813327662

ISBN-10: 0813327660

ISBN-13: 9780813327662

Edition: 1997

Authors: Clara E. Rodriguez

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Clara Rodriguez assembled a number of scholars in Latin and Hispanic-American scholars to contribute ideas on how the "Latin look" has been presented by the media. The focus is on how the media distorts the character of a large ethnic group.

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction



Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media



Hispanic Voices: Is the Press Listening?




Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters in TV Entertainment




Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars




Citizen Chicano: The Trials and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1962




Stereotyping in Films in General and of the Hispanic in Particular




Chicanas in Film: History of an Image




From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films




West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading of "America"




Keeping It Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s




From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York




Unofficial Stories: Documentaries by Latinas and Latin American Women




Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film




Two Film Reviews: My Family/Mi Familia and The Perez Family




Hispanic-Oriented Media




Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing




Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book




What We Can Do



References


About the Book and Editor


About the Contributors


Index