Latino Image Makers in Hollywood
Title | Latino Image Makers in Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Javier Garcia Berumen |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2016-04-14 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476614113 |
Latinos have been part of the Hollywood film industry for more than 100 years, yet beyond the remarkable success of a few, their visibility and clout have generally not reflected their significance in American society. Worse, the Latino image has suffered from widespread stereotyping in film, and performers face unjustified constraints in the kinds of roles available to them. Decade by decade from 1960 onward, this book analyzes important films made by or about Latinos, details the careers of Latino performers and filmmakers of the time, and analyzes how film portrayals of Latino characters and subjects connect with political and social trends of each decade. It discusses the role of gender, social class, and ethnicity in film portrayals and provides an overview of the diverse and dynamic Latino community in the United States, while celebrating a substantial and enduring contribution to Hollywood film history.
American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood
Title | American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Javier Garcia Berumen |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2019-12-04 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476678138 |
Images from movies and film have had a powerful influence in how Native Americans are seen. In many cases, they have been represented as violent, uncivilized, and an impediment to progress and civilization. This book analyzes the representation of Native Americans in cinematic images from the 1890s to the present day, deconstructing key films in each decade. This book also addresses efforts by Native Americans to improve and have a part in their filmic representations, including mini-biographies of important indigenous filmmakers and performers.
Latino Images in Film
Title | Latino Images in Film PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Ramírez Berg |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2009-09-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0292783000 |
The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos in U.S. cinema for more than a century. In this book, Charles Ramírez Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. popular culture. He also explores how Latino actors and filmmakers have actively subverted and resisted such stereotyping. In the first part of the book, Berg sets forth his theory of stereotyping, defines the classic stereotypes, and investigates how actors such as Raúl Julia, Rosie Pérez, José Ferrer, Lupe Vélez, and Gilbert Roland have subverted stereotypical roles. In the second part, he analyzes Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in three genres: social problem films, John Ford westerns, and science fiction films. In the concluding section, Berg looks at Latino self-representation and anti-stereotyping in Mexican American border documentaries and in the feature films of Robert Rodríguez. He also presents an exclusive interview in which Rodríguez talks about his entire career, from Bedhead to Spy Kids, and comments on the role of a Latino filmmaker in Hollywood and how he tries to subvert the system.
Latin Looks
Title | Latin Looks PDF eBook |
Author | Clara E Rodriguez |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0429978952 |
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.
The Latin Image in American Film
Title | The Latin Image in American Film PDF eBook |
Author | Allen L. Woll |
Publisher | University of California, Latin American Center |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
The Image Makers
Title | The Image Makers PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Trent |
Publisher | Outlet |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | 9780517376003 |
Photographs of Hollywood's most popular idols reveal the skills of the industry's portrait photographers as well as changing trends in glamour
Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes
Title | Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Beltrán |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0252076516 |
A penetrating analysis of the construction of Latina/o stardom in U.S. film, television, and celebrity culture since the 1920s