ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part One|8 pages

Latinos on Television and in the News

chapter 1|23 pages

Out of the Picture: Hispanics in the Media

National Council of La Raza

chapter 2|21 pages

Hispanic Voices

Is the Press Listening?

chapter 3|16 pages

Distorted Reality

Hispania Characters in TV Entertainment

part Two|7 pages

The Silver Screen

chapter 4|12 pages

Visual Retrospective

Latino Film Stars

chapter 7|21 pages

Chicanas in Film

History of an Image

chapter 8|22 pages

From Assimilation to Annihilation

Puerto Rioan Images in U.S. Films

chapter 9|16 pages

West Side Story

A Puerto Rican Reading of “America”

part Three|54 pages

Creating Alternative Images

chapter 11|15 pages

From the Margin to the Center

Puerto Rican Cinema in New York

chapter 12|14 pages

Unofficial Stories

Documentaries by Latinas and Latin American Women

chapter 14|4 pages

Two Film Reviews

My Family/Mi Familia and The Perez Family

part Four|32 pages

Strategies for Change