ISBN:
9781477325285
,
147732528X
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (199 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Latinx: the Future Is Now
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Padilla, Yajaira M From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals
DDC:
305.868/728
Keywords:
Central Americans
;
Central Americans in motion pictures
;
Central Americans Press coverage
;
Central Americans Legal status, laws, etc
;
Immigrants in mass media
;
Mass media and immigrants
;
Central American Americans
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
;
Central American Americans
;
Central Americans
;
Central Americans in motion pictures
;
Immigrants in mass media
;
Mass media and immigrants
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
;
Central America On television
;
Central America In popular culture
;
Central America
;
United States
Abstract:
"The book explores how Central Americans have been imagined and represented in the United States since the 1980s, particularly as guerrillas/military strongmen, disfranchised refugees, gang-bangers, domestic workers, and illegal aliens. Drawing from popular films, TV, news reports, and social media, it shows how these representations firm up the image of Central Americans as undeserving of citizenship while often making them invisible within discussions of Latinx community and representation"--
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
