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

Title
From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals : US Central Americans and the cultural politics of non-belonging / Yajaira M. Padilla.
Author
Padilla, Yajaira M.
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.

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Description
1 online resource.
Series Statement
Latinx: the future is now
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781477325285 (electronic bk.)
  • 147732528X (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd1668319535
Author
Padilla, Yajaira M., author.
Title
From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals : US Central Americans and the cultural politics of non-belonging / Yajaira M. Padilla.
Publisher
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Latinx: the future is now
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
EBSCOhost
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Original 9781477325261 1477325263 9781477325278 1477325271 (DLC) 2021041579
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