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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825075203321

Autore

Berg Charles Ramírez <1947->

Titolo

Latino images in film [[electronic resource] ] : stereotypes, subversion, resistance / / Charles Ramírez Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2002

ISBN

0-292-79822-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Texas film and media studies series

Disciplina

791.43/6520368

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans in motion pictures

Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One: THEORY -- One: CATEGORIZING THE OTHER: Stereotypes and Stereotyping -- Two: STEREOTYPES IN FILM -- Three: A CRASH COURSE ON HOLLYWOOD'S LATINO IMAGERY -- Four: SUBVERSIVE ACTS Latino Actor Case Studies -- Part Two: THE HOLLYWOOD VERSION: Latino Representation in Mainstream Cinema -- Five:BORDERTOWN, THE ASSIMILATION NARRATIVE, AND THE CHICANO SOCIAL PROBLEM FILM -- Six: THE MARGIN AS CENTER: The Multicultural Dynamics of John Ford's Westerns -- Seven: IMMIGRANTS, ALIENS, AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS: Science Fiction's Alien "Other" as (among Other Things) New Hispanic Imagery -- Part Three: LATINO SELF-REPRESENTATION -- Backstory: CHICANO AND LATINO FILMMAKERS BEHIND THE CAMERA -- Eight: EL GENIO DEL GÉNERO: Mexican American Borderland Documentaries and Postmodernism -- Nine: ETHNIC INGENUITY AND MAINSTREAM CINEMA: Robert Rodríguez's Bedhead (1990) and El Mariachi (1993) -- Ten: THE MARIACHI AESTHETIC GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: An Interview with Robert Rodríguez -- Conclusion: THE END OF STEREOTYPES? -- NOTES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

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