Latin Looks: Images Of Latinas And Latinos In The U.s. Media - Softcover

Rodriguez, Clara E

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9780813327662: Latin Looks: Images Of Latinas And Latinos In The U.s. Media

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This book brings together a selection of the most analytically sophisticated writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in movies, television, and other U.S. media since the early years of the twentieth century and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change.

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Clara E Rodriguez

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This book brings together a selection of the best, the most interesting, and the most analytically sophisticated writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in movies, television, and other media since the early years of the twentieth century and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change. Particular emphasis is given to representations of class, gender, color, race, and the political relationship between the United States and Latin America. Together the essay offer a corrective lens for interpreting how images are created, perpetuated, and manipulated.

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ISBN 10:  0813327652 ISBN 13:  9780813327655
Publisher: Westview Press, 1997
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