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Latino/a Popular Culture
Habell-Pallan
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Description for Latino/a Popular Culture
Paperback. In this volume the editers have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyse representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres - media culture, music, film, theatre, art and sports - that are emerging across the US, in relation to different groups. Editor(s): Habell-Pallan, Michelle; Romero, Mary. Num Pages: 280 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC; JFSL4; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Scholars from the humanities and social sciences analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres
Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. While the presence of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture in the United States buttresses the much-heralded Latin Explosion, the images themselves are often contradictory.
In Latino/a Popular Culture, Habell-Pallán and Romero have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres—media, culture, music, film, theatre, art, and sports—that are emerging across the nation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814736258
SKU
V9780814736258
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About Habell-Pallan
Michelle Habell-Pallán is an Associate Professor in the Women Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the co-editor with Mary Romero of Latino/a Popular Culture (NYU Press, 2002). Mary Romero is Professor of Justice Studies at Arizona University. She is the author or editor of many books, including Maid in the U.S.A.. In 2012, she was awarded ... Read more
Reviews for Latino/a Popular Culture
"With stunning, eloquent, and insightful essays Latina and Latino Popular Culture offers the best guide to the cultural production of the largest group of people of color in the United States. The essays broaden both our knowledge of Latino/a cultural production and challenge the traditional paradigms of cultural and ethnic studies doing so through accessible, historically informed approaches."
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