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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462303603321

Titolo

Contested images [[electronic resource] ] : women of color in popular culture / / edited by Alma M. Garcia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : AltaMira Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-73449-4

0-7591-1963-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarcíaAlma M

Disciplina

305.48/8

Soggetti

Minorities in mass media

Minority women - United States

Women in popular culture - United States

Women in mass media

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Credits; Introduction; Part I: Film Images; 1 Ideological Racism and Cultural Resistance; 2 Black Women's Films; 3 Ghosts and Vanishing Indian Women; 4 Lost in the Cinematic Landscape; 5 Chasing Fae; Part II: Beauty Images; 6 Hey Girl, Am I More than My Hair?; 7 Barbie's Hair; 8 The Pocahontas Perplex; 9 Yearning for Lightness; Part III: Music; 10 Bad Sistas; 11 Jennifer as Selena; 12 Passed into the Present; 13 Cibo Matto's Stereotype A; Part IV: Television; 14 "Made to Be the Maid"?; 15 The Burden of History; 16 The Eurasian Female Hero(ine)

17 The Maddening Business of ShowAbout the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

Contested Images offers a collection of 17 essays that analyze the representations in popular culture of African American, Asian American, Latina, and Native American women.No other anthology offers this wide spectrum of ethnicities.