Latinos and Narrative Media Participation and Portrayal

Name: Latinos and Narrative Media Participation and Portrayal
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ISBN: 9781137366450

ISBN-10: 1137366451

ISBN-13: 9781137366450

Edition: 2013

Authors: Frederick Luis Aldama

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Bringing together 15 scholars of Latino popular culture, this book makes visible a range of material objects and intellectual products out there that capture the myriad and infinite experiences of Latinos. Scholars such as Ilan Stavans, Camilla Fojas, Jesse Alemï¿½n, Christopher Gonzï¿½lez, William Nericcio, David Foster, Adilifu Nama, Isabel Molina-Guzmï¿½n, Sue J. Kim, Adilifu Nama, Samuel Saldï¿½var, Torsa Ghosal, Theresa Rojas, Philip Serrato, and Randy Ontiveros identify a contemporary scene whereby the massive presence of Latinos in the United States is actively shaping American culture. There are a multitude of narrative media forms created by and that feature Latinos in the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 11/7/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Figures


Confessions of a Multimediated Latino-a Foreword



Multimediated Latinos in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction




Border Genres…Borderlands



Border Media and New Spaces of Latinidad




Days of the (Un)Dead: Vampires, Zombies, and Other Forms of Chicano/a Horror in Film




Postmodern Guacamole: Lifting the Lid on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera




Latino Media in a Digital Age




Tex[t]-Mex, Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America, 2.0 or "Narcissus Mexicanus": A Diary Chronicling the Transmogrifying Metamorphosis of a Mexican American's Neurosis from Psyche to Book to Museum and on to the Internet




Nacho Libre: Or the Inauthenticity of Rascuachismo




Illuminated Bodies: Kat Von D and the Borderlands of Tattoo Culture




Transmedial…Transracial Crossings



Staking Out a Blatino Borderlands




Latina Ethnoracial Ambiguity in Postracial Television Narratives




Dirty, Stinking, Aliens: Latinos in Today's Sci-Fi Televisual Blueprints




Empathic Cross-Fires: Latinos in Bollywood…Bollywood in Latinolandia




Matters of Form, Mind, and Audience



From El Mariachi to Spy Kids?: A Cognitive Approach




Latino Sci-Fi: Cognition and Narrative Design in Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer




Latino Comics: Javier Hernandez's El Muerto as an Allegory of Chicano Identity




Getting Your Mind/Body On: Latinos in Video Games



Midtimediated Latinos Come Full Circle-an Afterword



Works Cited


Filmography


Notes on Contributors


Index