Read more
These essays represent a selection of writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in American films, television and other media since the early years of the 20th century, and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change.
List of contents
Introduction -- Part 1 Latinos on Television and in the News -- Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media -- Hispanic Voices -- Distorted Reality -- Part 2 The Silver Screen: Stories and Stereotypes -- Visual Retrospective -- Citizen Chicano: The Trials and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1992 -- Stereotyping in Films in Seneral and of the Hispanic in Particular -- Chicanas in Film -- From Assimilation to Annihilation -- West Side Story -- Keeping It Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s -- Part 3 Creating Alternative Images: "The Others" Present Themselves -- From the Margin to the Center -- Unofficial Stories -- Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film -- Two Film Reviews -- Hispanic-Oriented Media -- Part 4 Strategies for Change -- Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing -- Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book -- What We Can Do
About the author
Clara E. Rodriguez is associate professor of sociology at Fordham University.
Summary
These essays represent a selection of writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in American films, television and other media since the early years of the 20th century, and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change.
