Latin Looks: Images Of Latinas And Latinos In The U.s. Media

by Rodriguez,Clara E

• ISBN13: 9780813327662
• ISBN10: 0813327660
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-05-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What are "Latin looks"? A Latin look may seem at first blush to be something that everyone recognizesbrunette, sensual, expressive, animated, perhaps threatening. But upon reflection, we realize that these are the images that are prevalent in the media, while the reality in Latino communities is of a rich diversity of people and images. This book brings together a selection of the best, the most interesting, and the most analytically sophisticated writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in movies, television, and other media since the early years of the twentieth century and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change. Particular emphasis is given to representations of class, gender, color, race, and the political relationship between the United States and Latin America. Together the essays offer a corrective lens for interpreting how images are created, perpetuated, and manipulated.

Author Biography

Clara E. Rodriguez is associate professor of sociology at Fordham University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction	p. 1
Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media	p. 21
Hispanic Voices: Is the Press Listening?	p. 36
Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters in TV Entertainment	p. 57
Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars	p. 80
Citizen Chicano: The Trials and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1962	p. 85
Stereotyping in Films in General and of the Hispanic in Particular	p. 104
Chicanas in Film: History of an Image	p. 121
From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films	p. 142
West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading of "America"	p. 164
Keeping It Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s	p. 180
From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York	p. 188
Unofficial Stories: Documentaries by Latinas and Latin American Women	p. 200
Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film	p. 214
Two Film Reviews: My Family/Mi Familia and The Perez Family	p. 221
Hispanic-Oriented Media	p. 225
Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing	p. 240
Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book	p. 254
What We Can Do	p. 261
References	p. 271
About the Book and Editor	p. 275
About the Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 279
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