{"product_id":"latinoa-popular-culture-9780814736258","title":"Latino\/A Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScholars from the humanities and social sciences analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. While the presence of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture in the United States buttresses the much-heralded Latin Explosion, the images themselves are often contradictory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cb\u003eLatino\/a Popular Culture\u003c\/b\u003e, Habell-Pallán and Romero have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres--media, culture, music, film, theatre, art, and sports--that are emerging across the nation in relation to Chicanas, Chicanos, mestizos, Puerto Ricans, Caribbeans, Central Americans and South Americans, and Latinos in Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors include Adrian Burgos, Jr., Luz Calvo, Arlene Dávila, Melissa A. Fitch, Michelle Habell-Pallán, Tanya Katerí Hernández, Josh Kun, Frances Negron-Muntaner, William A. Nericcio, Raquel Z. Rivera, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Gregory Rodriguez, Mary Romero, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Christopher A. Shinn, Deborah R. Vargas, and Juan Velasco.\u003cbr\u003e Cover artwork \"Layering the Decades\" by Diane Gamboa, 2002, mixed media on paper, 11 X 8.5\". Copyright 2001, Diane Gamboa. Printed with permission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHabell-Pallan, Michelle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichelle Habell-Pallán\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Women Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the co-editor with Mary Romero of \u003ci\u003eLatino\/a Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2002).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomero, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMary Romero\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Justice Studies at Arizona University. She is the author or editor of many books, including Maid in the U.S.A.. In 2012, she was awarded the Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award by the Latino\/Latina Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845539631378,"sku":"9780814736258","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17ac94aa-ba82-4d9b-94eb-a1e269dab4c5.jpg?v=1737353259","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/latinoa-popular-culture-9780814736258","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}