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images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. media
1 online resource (viii, 288 pages) : illustrations
"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 Latino cultural experiences in US society"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Out of the picture: Hispanics in the media / National Council of La Raza -- Hispanic voices: is the press listening? / Jorge Quiroga -- Distorted reality: Hispanic characters in TV entertainment / S. Robert Lichter and Daniel R. Amundson -- Visual retrospective: Latino film stars / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Citizen Chicano: the trials and titillations of ethnicity in the American cinema, 1935-1962 / Chon Noriega -- Stereotyping in films in general and of the Hispanic in particular / Charles Ramirez Berg -- Chicanas in film: history of an image / Carlos E. Cortes -- From assimilation to annihilation: Puerto Rican images in U.S. films / Richie Perez -- West side story: a Puerto Rican reading of "America" / Alberto Sandoval Sanchez -- Keeping it reel? films of the 1980s and 1990s / Clara E. Rodriguez -- From the margin to the center: Puerto Rican cinema in New York / Lillian Jimenez -- Unofficial stories: documentaries by Latinas and Latin American women / Liz Kotz -- Type and stereotype: Chicano images in film / Linda Williams -- Two film reviews: My family/mi familia and The Perez family / Santiago Nieves and Frank Algarin -- Hispanic-oriented media / Federico Subervi-Velez ... [et al.] -- Promoting analytical and critical viewing / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Questions and reflections about the readings in this book / Clara E. Rodriguez -- What we can do / Clara E. Rodriguez.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.