Latin looks : images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. media /

"Collection of essays provides a sustained critique of stereotypical images and representations of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in US film, television, and printed media. Authors of individual chapters are experts in media and/or performance studies. Contributes to a better understanding of...

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Other Authors: Rodriguez, Clara E., 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
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300 |a viii, 288 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index. 
505 2 |a 1. Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media / National Council of La Raza -- 2. Hispanic Voices: Is the Press Listening? / Jorge Quiroga -- 3. Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters in TV Entertainment / S. Robert Lichter and Daniel R. Amundson -- 4. Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars / Clara E. Rodriguez -- 5. Citizen Chicano: The Trials and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1962 / Chon Noriega -- 6. Stereotyping in Films in General and of the Hispanic in Particular / Charles Ramirez Berg -- 7. Chicanas in Film: History of an Image / Carlos E. Cortes -- 8. From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films / Richie Perez -- 9. West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading of "America" / Alberto Sandoval Sanchez -- 10. Keeping It Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s / Clara E. Rodriguez -- 11. From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York / Lillian Jimenez. 
505 8 |a 12. Unofficial Stories: Documentaries by Latinas and Latin American Women / Liz Kotz -- 13. Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film / Linda Williams -- 14. Two Film Reviews: My Family/Mi Familia and The Perez Family / Santiago Nieves and Frank Algarin -- 15. Hispanic-Oriented Media / Federico Subervi-Velez, Charles Ramirez Berg and Patricia Constantakis-Valdes [et al.] -- 16. Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing / Clara E. Rodriguez -- 17. Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book / Clara E. Rodriguez -- 18. What We Can Do / Clara E. Rodriguez. 
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