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Greasers and gringos : Latinos, law, and the American imagination /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bender, Steven
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2003]
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans and mass media > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The confluence of stereotype and law
  • Latinas/os in the American imagination
  • Centering Latina/o stereotypes in those of other groups
  • Greasers and gangsters : Latinas/os and crime
  • Mañana (is soon enough for me) : fertility and welfare
  • In the U.S.A. it's English or adiós amigo : Latina/o assimilation
  • One of the smart ones : Latina/o (un)intelligence
  • No Mexicans or dogs allowed: subhumanity
  • Gringos in the Latina/o imagination
  • Latinas/os in the mirror : intra/inter-ethnic glimpses
  • Eradicating stereotypes : community-based strategies of media counterspeech and protest
  • Mi familia as counterspeech
  • Eradicating stereotypes : the collision of legal strategies with the First Amendment
  • Beyond stereotype : movement toward social change.