Latino image makers in Hollywood : performers, filmmakers and films since the 1960s /

This book documents historical and socio-economic factors that created Latino and Latina images and stereotypes, beginning with the conquest of the American continent by Europeans followed by colonization and new nation-states in the early 1800s. These concepts were incorporated into literature of t...

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Main Author: Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Summary:This book documents historical and socio-economic factors that created Latino and Latina images and stereotypes, beginning with the conquest of the American continent by Europeans followed by colonization and new nation-states in the early 1800s. These concepts were incorporated into literature of the 19th century and then into the motion picture art form in the 1890s.
Physical Description:viii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780786474325 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786474327 (softcover : alk. paper)