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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790244703321

Autore

Toohey David E. <1978->

Titolo

Borderlands media [[electronic resource] ] : cinema and literature as opposition to the oppression of immigrants / / David E. Toohey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-67975-1

9786613656681

0-7391-4953-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6552

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration in motion pictures

Immigrants in motion pictures

Motion pictures - Political aspects

Emigration and immigration in literature

Immigrants in literature

Politics and literature

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

Theoretical and literature review -- Methodology -- When the border follows immigrants -- Neo-Baroque law and violent border spaces -- Citizenship and "legitimate" speakers in i.r. -- Jim Crow and neo-racism -- Re-linking submerged time and space -- La facultdad and meta-racism -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: cinematic border interference.

Sommario/riassunto

Borderlands Media: Cinema and Literature as Opposition to the Oppression of Immigrants, by David E. Toohey, explores the ways in which immigrants, diaspora communities, and their allies use alternative media to reject oppression. This in-depth analysis of the immigrant experience makes use of a mixture of cinema, literary, and other artistic media from 1958 onward, combined with supporting social science and policy documents. Borderlands Media is an essential text for scholars and