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UNINA9910915793203321 |
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Autore |
Llamas-Rodriguez Juan |
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Titolo |
Border Tunnels : A Media Theory of the U. S. -Mexico Underground |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2023 |
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©2023 |
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ISBN |
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1-4529-6977-9 |
1-4529-6976-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Mexican-American Border Region - In mass media |
Border crossing in mass media |
Borderlands in mass media |
Tunnels in mass media |
United States Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: A Media Theory of the Border Tunnel -- Chapter 1. TV News and Spectacle -- Chapter 2. Reality TV and Performativity -- Chapter 3. Digital Animation and Plasticity -- Chapter 4. First-Person Shooters and Racialization -- Chapter 5. Speculative Design and Sustainability -- Conclusion: Media Theory from the Border Tunnel -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Analyzing the technologies, institutional politics, narrative tropes, and aesthetic decisions that go into showing border tunnels across multiple forms of media, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez argues that we cannot properly address border issues without attending to-and fully understanding-the fraught relationship between their representation and reality"-- |
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