Latinos and Narrative Media - by F Aldama (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This is the first book to explore the multitude of narrative media forms created by and that feature Latinos in the twenty-first century - a radically different cultural landscape to earlier epochs. The essays present a fresh take informed by the explosion of Latino demographics and its divergent cultural tastes.

Review Quotes

"A multifaceted assessment of Latinos/as in contemporary popular culture. By deeply interrogating representations that others have dismissed as trivial, the book's dynamic range of approaches offers vital new ways of seeing Latinos/as. It's beautifully composed and richly nuanced essays bring twenty-first century Latino-ness to life on screens big and small." - Priscilla Peña Ovalle, University of Oregon, USA, and author of Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex and Stardom

"Aldama has done it again, assembling some of the sharpest minds around to put the spotlight on the next stage in Latino/a media and cultural studies. A treasure trove of insight and illumination, this book is guaranteed to capture the attention of students, scholars, and anyone invested in the politics of Latino/a media representations. This book is what we've all been waiting for." - Richard T. Rodríguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and author of Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics

"A timely, lively collection of essays on how Latino/as create and absorb mass media, authored by a Murderer's Row of scholars who know their Dora from their Derrida, their Sancho Panza from their Sartre." - Gustavo Arellano, syndicated columnist of ¡Ask a Mexican!

"Latinos and Narrative Media bursts through into new exploratory spaces that shine a bright new light on Latino Media Studies. Aldama and his crew welcome us in their dazzling discoveryof exquisite new planetary constellations." - Ana Merino, University of Iowa, USA, and author of El comic hispánico and Chris Ware: La secuencia circular

About the Author

Jesse Alemán, University of New Mexico, USA Camilla Fojas, DePaul University, USA David William Foster, Arizona State University, USA Torsa Ghosal, The Ohio State University, USA Christopher González, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA Sue J. Kim, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA Isabel Molina-Guzmán, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Adilifu Nama, Loyola Marymount University, USA William Nericcio, San Diego State University, USA Randy Ontiveros, University of Maryland, USA Theresa Rojas, The Ohio State University, USA Samuel Saldívar, Michigan State University, USA Phillip Serrato, San Diego State University, USA Ilan Stavans, Amherst College, USA