Latina/o Communication Studies Today

This book brings together contemporary and exciting research within communication and Latina/o studies. Written in a clear, accessible manner and based on original research drawn from a broad range of paradigms--from textual analysis to reception studies a

The Production of Latinidad
Is My Butt Your Island? The Myth of Discovery and Contemporary Latina/o Communication Studies	p. 3
When Dolores Del Rio Became Latina: Latina/o Stardom in Hollywood's Transition to Sound	p. 27
The Importance of Spanish-Language and Latino Media	p. 51
Performance and the Self
Performing the Responsible Sponsor: Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Immigration Post-9/11	p. 69
Hybrid Performativity, South and North of the Border: Entre la teoria y la materialidad de hibridacion	p. 91
Contextually Representing the Heterogeneity
Policing the Latina/o Other: Latinidad in Prime-Time News Coverage of the Elian Gonzalez Story	p. 115
Real Women and Their Curves: Letters to the Editor and a Magazine's celebration of the "Latina Body"	p. 137
A Morning Dose of Latino Masculinity: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and the Politics of Gender	p. 161
Latina Women as Cultural Readers
Media Practices and Gendered Identity among Transnational Latina Teens	p. 187
Watching Over the Border: A Case Study of the Mexico-U.S. Television and Youth Audience	p. 219
Survival Aesthetics: U.S. Latinas and the Negotiation of Popular Media	p. 237
Mexican (American) Women Talk Back: Audience Responses to Latinidad in U.S. Advertising	p. 257
Index	p. 287
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