Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance

by Charles Ramírez Berg

Book Overview

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 Ram?rez 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709072
• ISBN13: 9780292709072
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great for students who are looking for Media bias.

Just as Reel Bad Arabs, this book looks deep into media bias when it comes to minorities. This particular book looks deep into Latino imgaes in cinema! So sad that a minority needs to be vilified so fil producers can make some money!