| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 329 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction -- Part I : Film images. 1. Ideological racism and cultural resistance -- 2. Black women's films -- 3. Ghosts and vanishing Indian women -- 4. Lost in the cinematic landscape -- 5. Chasing Fae -- Part II : Beauty images. 6. Hey girl, am I more than my hair? -- 7. Barbie's hair -- 8. The Pocahontas perplex -- 9. Yearning for lightness -- Part III : Music. 10. Bad sistas -- 11. Jennifer as Selena -- 12. Passed into the present -- 13. Cibo Matto's stereotype A -- Part IV : Television. 14. "Made to be the maid"? -- 15. The burden of history -- 16. The Eurasian female hero(ine) -- 17. The maddening business of show |
| Summary |
Contested Images offers a collection of 17 essays that analyze the representations in popular culture of African American, Asian American, Latina, and Native American women. No other anthology offers this wide spectrum of ethnicities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Minorities in mass media.
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Minority women -- United States
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Women in popular culture -- United States
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Women in mass media.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Minorities in mass media
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Minority women
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Women in mass media
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Women in popular culture
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
García, Alma M.
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| LC no. |
2012018802 |
| ISBN |
9780759119635 |
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0759119635 |
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1283734494 |
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9781283734493 |
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