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

This book brings together a selection of the most analytically sophisticated writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in movies, television, and other U.S. media since the early years of the twentieth century and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change. Collection Of Essays Provides A Sustained Critique Of Stereotypical Images And Representations Of Puerto Ricans And Other Latinos In Us Film, Television, And Printed Media. Authors Of Individual Chapters Are Experts In Media And/or Performance Studies. Contributes To A Better Understanding Of Latino Cultural Experiences In Us Society--handbook Of Latin American Studies, V. 58. Out Of The Picture: Hispanics In The Media / National Council Of La Raza -- Hispanic Voices: Is The Press Listening? / Jorge Quiroga -- Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters In Tv Entertainment / S. Robert Lichter And Daniel R. Amundson -- Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Citizen Chicano: The Trials And Titillations Of Ethnicity In The American Cinema, 1935-1962 / Chon Noriega -- Stereotyping In Films In General And Of The Hispanic In Particular / Charles Ramirez Berg -- Chicanas In Film: History Of An Image / Carlos E. Cortes -- From Assimilation To Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images In U.s. Films / Richie Perez -- West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading Of America / Alberto Sandoval Sanchez -- Keeping It Reel? Films Of The 1980s And 1990s / Clara E. Rodriguez -- From The Margin To The Center: Puerto Rican Cinema In New York / Lillian Jimenez -- Unofficial Stories: Documentaries By Latinas And Latin American Women / Liz Kotz -- Type And Stereotype: Chicano Images In Film / Linda Williams -- Two Film Reviews: My Family/mi Familia And The Perez Family / Santiago Nieves And Frank Algarin -- Hispanic-oriented Media / Federico Subervi-velez [and Others] -- Promoting Analytical And Critical Viewing / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Questions And Reflections About The Readings In This Book / Clara E. Rodriguez -- What We Can Do / Clara E. Rodriguez. Edited By Clara E. Rodriguez. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The "mass media"-an almost undefinable mix of television news and entertainment, features films, and print materials of all kinds-constitutes an enormous "socializing force" in today's society.