From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals : US Central Americans and the cultural politics of non-belonging

From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals : US Central Americans and the cultural politics of non-belonging /

"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 m...

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Main Author: Padilla, Yajaira M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022
Edition:First edition.
Series:Latinx: the Future Is Now
Subjects:
Central Americans > United States.
Central Americans in motion pictures.
Central Americans > Press coverage > United States.
Central Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Immigrants in mass media.
Mass media and immigrants > United States.
Central American Americans.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Central America > On television.
Central America > In popular culture.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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