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Latino Images in Film

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Description for Latino Images in Film Paperback. Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of demeaning images of Latinos in US popular culture Series: Texas Film & Media Studies Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 41 b&w illus., 7 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.

The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos in U.S. cinema for more than a century. In this book, Charles Ramírez Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. popular culture. He also explores how Latino actors and filmmakers have actively subverted and resisted such stereotyping.

In the first part of the book, Berg sets forth his theory of stereotyping, defines the classic stereotypes, and investigates how actors such as Raúl ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Texas Film & Media Studies Series
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292709072
SKU
V9780292709072
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About Charles Ramírez Berg
Charles Ramírez Berg is University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews for Latino Images in Film
"This book fills a void in bringing together Hollywood stereotyping and Latino self-representation in one study. With clarity and insight, Berg demonstrates why it is so important to take such an approach." Chon Noriega, author of Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema

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