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Author Toohey, David E., 1978-

Title Borderlands media : cinema and literature as opposition to the oppression of immigrants / David E. Toohey
Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 333 pages)
Contents Theoretical and literature review -- Methodology -- When the border follows immigrants -- Neo-Baroque law and violent border spaces -- Citizenship and "legitimate" speakers in I.R. -- Jim Crow and neo-racism -- Re-linking time and space -- La facultdad and meta-racism -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: cinematic border interference
Summary Borderlands Media: Cinema and Literature as Opposition to the Oppression of Immigrants, by David E. Toohey, explores the ways in which immigrants, diaspora communities, and their allies use alternative media to reject oppression. This in-depth analysis of the immigrant experience makes use of a mixture of cinema, literary, and other artistic media from 1958 onward, combined with supporting social science and policy documents. Borderlands Media is an essential text for scholars and
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-324) and index
Notes English
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Subject Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.
Immigrants in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Political aspects
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Politics and literature.
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Emigration and immigration in literature
Emigration and immigration in motion pictures
Immigrants in literature
Immigrants in motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Political aspects
Politics and literature
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020739966
ISBN 9780739149539
0739149539
1280679751
9781280679759
9786613656681
6613656682