Chicano Images - Refiguring Ethnicity in Mainstream Film

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Contexts of Chicano Feature Filmmaking 2. Destabilizing Ethnic Stereotypes: The Early Comedies of Cheech Marin 3. Mythic Proportions: Creating Raza Heros in Zoot Suit and La Bamba 4. Border Discourse: Structuring Ethnicity in Four Chicano Films 5. Gender and Genre in Only Once in a Lifetime 6. Trans-Creative Strategies of Chicano Mainstream Cinema

About the author

Christine List

Product details

• Authors: Christine List, Christine (Chicago State University List, List Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415726474
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72647-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Hispanic & Latino Studies