Crowding Out Latinos

In this groundbreaking analysis, Marco Portales examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos.

Sommario

Preface About the Frontispiece Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Chicano Literature and Irish Literature 3. Latinos in American Culture 4. Hispanics and the American Media 5. Love and the Mexican American School Experience 6. Enhancing the Visibility of Chicano Literature 7. Americo Paredes's George Washington Gomez: Educating Mexican American Students 8. The Lives of a Chicano Film Star: Anthony Quinn's The Original Sin 9. Rape and Barrio Education in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street 10. Ana Castillo's Massacre of the Dreamers: Communicating the Chicana Experience 11. Chicano Writing versus Chicano Life 12. Postscripts Notes Bibliography Index

Riassunto

Examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marco Portales
• Editore: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.02.2000
• EAN: 9781566397421
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-742-1
• Pagine: 257
• Dimensioni: 178 mm x 254 mm x 23 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Anthropologie, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Kulturwissenschaften, Medienwissenschaften