Latino Images In Film

Author : Charles Ramírez Berg
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292783003

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Latino Images in Film by Charles Ramírez Berg Pdf

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 Julia, Rosie Pérez, José Ferrer, Lupe Vélez, and Gilbert Roland have subverted stereotypical roles. In the second part, he analyzes Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in three genres: social problem films, John Ford westerns, and science fiction films. In the concluding section, Berg looks at Latino self-representation and anti-stereotyping in Mexican American border documentaries and in the feature films of Robert Rodríguez. He also presents an exclusive interview in which Rodríguez talks about his entire career, from Bedhead to Spy Kids, and comments on the role of a Latino filmmaker in Hollywood and how he tries to subvert the system.

Author : Allen L. Woll
Publisher : University of California, Latin American Center
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015059991052

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The Latin Image in American Film by Allen L. Woll Pdf

Author : Jean-Anne Sutherland,Kathryn Feltey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781412992848

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Cinematic Sociology by Jean-Anne Sutherland,Kathryn Feltey Pdf

Cinematic Sociology is a one-of-a-kind resource that helps students to view films sociologically while also providing much-needed pedagogy for teaching sociology through film. In this engaging text, the authors take readers beyond watching movies and help them "see" films sociologically while also developing critical thinking and analytical skills that will be useful in college coursework and beyond. The book's essays from expert scholars in sociology and cultural studies explore the ways social life is presented--distorted, magnified, or politicized--in popular film. Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award

Author : Scott L. Baugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9798216109358

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Latino American Cinema by Scott L. Baugh Pdf

Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotlighting often-underappreciated documentaries, avant-garde and experimental projects, independent productions, features and shorts, and more. Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends serves as an essential primary reference for students of the topic as well as an accessible resource for general readers. The alphabetized entries in the volume cover the key topics of this provocative and complex genre—films, filmmakers, star performers, concepts, and historical and burgeoning trends—alongside frequently overlooked and crucially ignored items of interest in Latino cinema. This comprehensive treatment bridges gaps between traditional approaches to U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinemas, placing subjects of Chicana and Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and diasporic Cuban, and Mexican origin in perspective with related Central and South American and Caribbean elements. Many of the entries offer compact definitions, critical discussions, overviews, and analyses of star artists, media productions, and historical moments, while several foundational entries explicate concepts, making this single volume encyclopedia a critical guide as well.

Author : Richard T. Schaefer
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1753 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412926942

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Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society by Richard T. Schaefer Pdf

This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive look at the roles race and ethnicity play in society and in our daily lives. Over 100 racial and ethnic groups are described, with additional thematic essays offering insight into broad topics that cut across group boundaries and which impact on society.

Author : Frank Javier Garcia Berumen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476614113

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Latino Image Makers in Hollywood by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Pdf

Latinos have been part of the Hollywood film industry for more than 100 years, yet beyond the remarkable success of a few, their visibility and clout have generally not reflected their significance in American society. Worse, the Latino image has suffered from widespread stereotyping in film, and performers face unjustified constraints in the kinds of roles available to them. Decade by decade from 1960 onward, this book analyzes important films made by or about Latinos, details the careers of Latino performers and filmmakers of the time, and analyzes how film portrayals of Latino characters and subjects connect with political and social trends of each decade. It discusses the role of gender, social class, and ethnicity in film portrayals and provides an overview of the diverse and dynamic Latino community in the United States, while celebrating a substantial and enduring contribution to Hollywood film history.

Author : Frank Javier Garcia Berumen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173003568960

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The Chicano/Hispanic Image in American Film by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Pdf

Author : Sofie Renner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638939676

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The Film 'Tortilla Soup' in the Context of Mexican Life in USA and Type and Stereotype of Chicanos and Latinos in Film by Sofie Renner Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), University of Tubingen (English Seminar), course: HS Literature: Latino Images in U.S. Latino Film, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: I. Introduction In the following written analysis, I am going to deal with the topic "The film "Tortilla Soup" in context of Mexican Life in America and Type and Stereotype of Chicanos and Latinos in Film". In the main body, I am going to show II.1 Mexico with the points II.1.1 Mexican history, II.1.2 Mexican American Migration and II.1.3 Mexican Life in America. The next point will deal with the film "Tortilla Soup", II.2 About the film. I will divide this point into II.2.1 Plot, II.2.2 Major characters and actors and II.2.3 The picture of food in connection with family in "Tortilla Soup". After that, I will talk about II.3.1 Latinos and chicanos. This point will be divided into II.3.1 Type and Stereotype: Chicano Images in Film, II.3.2 What it means to be Latino in 2000 and II.3.4 Contemporary Latino films - the end of stereotypes?. The last point will be III. Conclusion. I think that the historical embedding of a film is extremely important to gain a better understanding of a film. I wanted to focus on Mexico first with its history, migration and the life of Mexicans in America. Then I wanted to talk about the film itself with the plot, main characters and the picture of food in connection with family in the film. And in the end, I wanted to deal with the topic of Chicano Images in Film, Latinos in the year 2000 and contemporary Latino films with a possible ending of stereotypes.

Author : Clara E Rodriguez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429978951

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Latin Looks by Clara E Rodriguez Pdf

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.

Author : Zuzana M. Pick
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292774254

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Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution by Zuzana M. Pick Pdf

With a cast ranging from Pancho Villa to Dolores del Río and Tina Modotti, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution demonstrates the crucial role played by Mexican and foreign visual artists in revolutionizing Mexico's twentieth-century national iconography. Investigating the convergence of cinema, photography, painting, and other graphic arts in this process, Zuzana Pick illuminates how the Mexican Revolution's timeline (1910–1917) corresponds with the emergence of media culture and modernity. Drawing on twelve foundational films from Que Viva Mexico! (1931–1932) to And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), Pick proposes that cinematic images reflect the image repertoire produced during the revolution, often playing on existing nationalist themes or on folkloric motifs designed for export. Ultimately illustrating the ways in which modernism reinvented existing signifiers of national identity, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution unites historicity, aesthetics, and narrative to enrich our understanding of Mexicanidad.

Author : Richard Delgado,Jean Stefancic
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814720394

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The Latino/a Condition by Richard Delgado,Jean Stefancic Pdf

Addresses the historical origins of Spanish-speaking people in the United States, the rise of stereotypes, the growth of efforts at self-definition, and related matters.

Author : Carole Gerster,Laura W. Zlogar
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786421954

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Teaching Ethnic Diversity with Film by Carole Gerster,Laura W. Zlogar Pdf

From the beginning of the 20th century, Hollywood filmmakers have shaped public beliefs about and attitudes toward African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos. Challenging and updating the historical record, ethnic minority filmmakers have been re-presenting their histories, cultures, and literature from the perspectives of their own experience. The resulting films offer teachers an effective means for teaching ethnic diversity in today's media-saturated culture. This work details rationales and methods for incorporating readily available films into the high school and college undergraduate curriculum, particularly in history, social studies, literature, and film studies courses. It includes definitions of race and ethnicity and essays on the film history of African American, Asian American, American Indian, and Latino representation. Subsequent chapters, organized by disciplines, describe specific ways to teach visual and multicultural literacy with films, including suggestions for topics, methods, and films, and ending with four discipline-specific curriculum units for high school students. Film terminology and a list of resources to help teachers create their own curriculum units complete the work.

Author : E. Johanna Hartelius
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271076539

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The Rhetorics of US Immigration by E. Johanna Hartelius Pdf

In the current geopolitical climate—in which unaccompanied children cross the border in record numbers, and debates on the topic swing violently from pole to pole—the subject of immigration demands innovative inquiry. In The Rhetorics of US Immigration, some of the most prominent and prolific scholars in immigration studies come together to discuss the many facets of immigration rhetoric in the United States. The Rhetorics of US Immigration provides readers with an integrated sense of the rhetorical multiplicity circulating among and about immigrants. Whereas extant literature on immigration rhetoric tends to focus on the media, this work extends the conversation to the immigrants themselves, among others. A collection whose own eclecticism highlights the complexity of the issue, The Rhetorics of US Immigration is not only a study in the language of immigration but also a frank discussion of who is doing the talking and what it means for the future. From questions of activism, authority, and citizenship to the influence of Hollywood, the LGBTQ community, and the church, The Rhetorics of US Immigration considers the myriad venues in which the American immigration question emerges—and the interpretive framework suited to account for it. Along with the editor, the contributors are Claudia Anguiano, Karma R. Chávez, Terence Check, Jay P. Childers, J. David Cisneros, Lisa M. Corrigan, D. Robert DeChaine, Anne Teresa Demo, Dina Gavrilos, Emily Ironside, Christine Jasken, Yazmin Lazcano-Pry, Michael Lechuga, and Alessandra B. Von Burg.

Author : Desirée J. Garcia
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813574271

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The Migration of Musical Film by Desirée J. Garcia Pdf

Movie musicals are among the most quintessentially American art forms, often celebrating mobility, self-expression, and the pursuit of one’s dreams. But like America itself, the Hollywood musical draws from many distinct ethnic traditions. In this illuminating new study, Desirée J. Garcia examines the lesser-known folk musicals from early African American, Yiddish, and Mexican filmmakers, revealing how these were essential ingredients in the melting pot of the Hollywood musical. The Migration of Musical Film shows how the folk musical was rooted in the challenges faced by immigrants and migrants who had to adapt to new environments, balancing American individualism with family values and cultural traditions. Uncovering fresh material from film industry archives, Garcia considers how folk musicals were initially marginal productions, designed to appeal to specific minority audiences, and yet introduced themes that were gradually assimilated into the Hollywood mainstream. No other book offers a comparative historical study of the folk musical, from the first sound films in the 1920s to the genre’s resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s. Using an illustrative rather than comprehensive approach, Garcia focuses on significant moments in the sub-genre and rarely studied films such as Allá en el Rancho Grande along with familiar favorites that drew inspiration from earlier folk musicals—everything from The Wizard of Oz to Zoot Suit. If you think of movie musicals simply as escapist mainstream entertainment, The Migration of Musical Film is sure to leave you singing a different tune.

Author : Katie Coronado,Erica Kight
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315284118

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LatinX Voices by Katie Coronado,Erica Kight Pdf

LatinX Voices is the first undergraduate textbook that includes an overview of Hispanic/LatinX Media in the U.S. and gives readers an understanding of how media in the United States has transformed around this audience. Based on the authors’ professional and research experience, and teaching broadcast media courses in the classroom, this text covers the evolving industry and offers perspective on topics related to Latin-American areas of interest. With professional testimonials from those who have left their mark in print, radio, television, film and new media, this collection of chapters brings together expert voices in Hispanic/LatinX media from across the U.S., and explains the impact of this population on the media industry today.