| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 184 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Series |
Latinx: the Future Is Now
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Introduction : Central Americans among "US" -- Signifying US Central American non-belonging -- Domesticated subject? The Salvadoran maid in US television and film -- Lance Corporal José Gutiérrez and the perils of being a "good immigrant" -- Central American crossings, rightlessness, and survival in Mexico's border passage -- The cachet of illegal chickens in Central American Los Angeles -- Conclusion : seeing beyond the dominant. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Central Americans -- United States.
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Central Americans in motion pictures.
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Central Americans -- Press coverage -- United States.
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Central Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Immigrants in mass media.
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Mass media and immigrants -- United States.
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Central American Americans.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
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Central America -- On television.
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Central America -- In popular culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General |
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Central American Americans. |
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Central Americans. |
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Central Americans in motion pictures. |
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Immigrants in mass media. |
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Mass media and immigrants. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media. |
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Central America. |
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United States. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Padilla, Yajaira M. From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022 9781477325261 (DLC) 2021041579 (OCoLC)1267403496 |
| ISBN |
9781477325285 (electronic bk.) |
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147732528X (electronic bk.) |
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9781477325292 (electronic bk.) |
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1477325298 (electronic bk.) |
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9781477325261 |
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1477325263 |
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9781477325278 |
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1477325271 |
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