The Hispanic Image in Hollywood : A Postcolonial Approach Hardback
by Jorge Barrueto
Part of the Framing Film series
Hardback
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The Hispanic Image in Hollywood: A Postcolonial Approach offers an in-depth analysis of how Hispanics are represented in American cinema.
Film production is a reflection of American historical processes that have defined Hispanics and American mainstream identity as oppositional forces in the domestic political establishment.
Hispanic difference, as depicted in film, is understood as the by-product of Western philosophy, Western science, territorial expansion, colonialism and American nation building, wherein Hispanics have been identified as the antithetical, ubiquitous Other.
More precisely, specific Hollywood films not only mirror American history but also a variety of political discourses that have defined Hispanic identity.
Thematic categories of American history used to construct Hispanics reflect, in many ways, a deep-rooted, Eurocentric, colonial worldview.
As the research of this book clearly shows, film depictions of Hispanics have created negative visual taxonomies based on gender, race, and class.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:13/12/2013
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- ISBN:9781433117572
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:13/12/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781433117572
