Routledge
442 pages
The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Media provides students and scholars with an indispensable overview of the domestic and transnational dynamics at play within multi-lingual Latina/o media. The book examines both independent and mainstream media via race and gender in its theoretical and empirical engagement with questions of production, access, policy, representation, and consumption. Contributions consider a range of media formats including television, radio, film, print media, music video and social media, with particular attention to understudied fields such as audience and production studies.
"This must-have collection represents the definite resource on the present state and future directions of Latino/a media studies, and makes amply clear that Latino/a media scholars are at the vanguard of the most cutting edge interventions in media and communication studies today." –Arlene Dávila, New York University
"Cepeda and Casillas’ volume is a milestone in the study of Latin@ and media/communication studies. Written by well-established and emerging scholars coming from the humanities and the social sciences, the collection invite the readers to learn about a broad array of areas—from immigrants’ media consumption, to community journalism, to Latin@ web series, to Latino rock." –Yeidy M. Rivero, University of Michigan
Part I: Understanding Contemporary Latina/o Media
Chapter 1: "Authenticity, Appropriation, Articulation: The Cultural Logic of Latinidad," Esteban del Río
Chapter 2: "The Transnational Restructuring of Communication and Consumption Practices: Latinos in the Urban Settings of Global Cities," Jéssica Retis
Chapter 3: "A Political-Economic Analysis of the Evolution of Latino Media in the New Latino South," Lucila Vargas and Joseph Erba
Chapter 4: "Implicit Utopias and Ambiguous Ethnics: Latinidad and the Representational Promised Land,"Angharad Valdivia
Chapter 5: "Phenotypicality Bias on Television?: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Primetime TV," Dana Mastro and Alexander Sink
Chapter 6: "Beyond the Market: Lessons Learned from Latina/o Audiences," Kristin Moran
Part II: Access, Policy and Production in Latina/o Media
Chapter 7: "Altering the U.S. Soundscape through Latina/o Community Radio," Mari Castañeda
Chapter 8: " The State of Emergency Communications at a Time of Population and Linguistic Shifts: A Case Study in Central Texas," Federico Subervi
Chapter 9: "Direct to DVD: A Case Study of Latina/o Genre and Audience," Orquidea Morales
Chapter 10: "From the Bronze Screen to the Computer Screen: Latina/o Web Series and Independent Production," Vittoria Rodríguez and Mary Beltrán
Chapter 11: "Latina/Latino Community Journalism: A San Francisco Case Study," Katynka Zazueta Martínez
Chapter 12: "The Cycle of Latina/o Community Media Activism: Digital Storytelling in Springfield, MA," Rogelio Miñana
Part III: Representations of Latinas/os in the Media
Chapter 13: "Imagining Postville: National Public Radio and the Discourse of Latina/o Representation," Hannah Noel
Chapter 14: "What’s in an Accent?: Gender and Cultural Stereotypes in the Work of Sofía Vergara," Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
Chapter 15: "The Location of (U.S.) Latin Rock," Ignacio Corona
Chapter 16: "Singing about Separation: Deportation, #Not1More, and La Santa Cecilia’s 'ICE: El Hielo,'" Lorena Alvarado
Chapter 17: "The Deterritorialized Political Economy of Narcocorridos in the USA," Hector Amaya
Chapter 18: "What To Do with All this Beauty?: The Political Economy of Latina Stardom in the 21st Century," Frances Negrón-Muntaner
Chapter 19: "Sofía Vergara Made Me Do It": On Beauty, Costeñismo and Transnational Colombian Identity," Isabel Cristina Contreras Porras
Chapter 20: "Sex, Service and Scenery: Latina Sexualities in the Pages of Vogue," Aida Hurtado
Part IV: Engendering New Practices and Meanings Behind Latina/o Media Consumption
Chapter 21: " Voices from the Borderlands: Young Latina/os Discuss the Impact that Culture and Identity have on their Media Consumption," Viviana Rojas and Juan Piñón
Chapter 22: "Latina/os’ Facebook Usage: An Interethnic and Intergenerational Exploration of their Engagement with a Social Networking Site," Adolfo Mora and Viviana Rojas
Chapter 23: "An Indecent Proposal: Latino Masculinity and the Audience in Latina/o Music Video," María Elena Cepeda and Alejandra Rosales
Chapter 24: "Crossover Fail: Flex/Nigga’s 'Romantic Style in da World,'" Michelle Rivera
Chapter 25: "Spreadable Citizenship: Undocumented Activists and Social Media," Jillian Báez
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