The Gender of Latinidad

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Uses and Abuses of Hybridity

By Angharad N. Valdivia

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The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity by Angharad N. Valdivia examines Latina/o visibility in contemporary mainstream media, focusing on presence, production, and interpretation across films, television, and digital platforms. The book employs the concept of hybridity to explore how hybrid Latina/os lead complex lives and interact with hybrid media, linking Latina/o Studies with Feminist Media, Gender, and Ethnic Studies. Key themes include gendered visibility, the trope of the spitfire, Disney Studies, Latinidad in awards ceremonies, and Latina/o representation utopias.
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An essential read for students and scholars in Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Feminist Media Studies, and anyone engaged in Latina/o cultural and media representation.

Latinas in Popular Culture explores the way Latina representations have exploded onto mainstream popular culture--and into American consciousness.

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Presents innovative scholarship on Latina/o visibility in contemporary mainstream media

Latina/os have seen increased visibility in the media in the past several years, especially in feature-length films, network television programs, and various digital platforms. The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity explores Latina/o visibility—analysing presence, production, and interpretation throughout various media. An important contribution to the emerging field of Latina/o Media Studies, this unique volume brings together political economy and cultural studies to consider the limitations of cultural politics and explore current issues relevant to Latina/o cultural inclusion.

Author Angharad N. Valdivia addresses the concept of hybridity and applies it to contemporary Latinidad, in which hybrid Latina/os lead hybrid lives and consume hybrid media. The text explores strategies for gendered visibility in a range of popular culture media, using the concept of hybridity to connect Latina/o Studies to Feminist Media Studies, Gender Studies, and Ethnic Studies. Throughout the text, the author discusses the inclusion Latina/o scholars and audiences seek and considers if such inclusion is even achievable. Offering intersectional exploration of Latinidad in mainstream media, this volume:

Explores the trope of the spitfire in the context of popular media
Brings Disney Studies into Latina/o Studies
Discusses the dynamic inclusion of Latinidad in awards ceremonies
Assesses the implicit utopias of Latina/o representation
Presents the only major academic treatment of Charo

Presenting an original perspective on Latina/os in media, The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity is an ideal text for students and scholars in areas including Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, and general Media and Feminist Media Studies.

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Global Media Journal –German Edition praises the volume as "destined to quickly become a landmark text and valuable archival resource for all scholars of media and popular culture," especially those interested in Latina/o/x Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Girl Studies, and Disney Studies.

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ISBN: 9781405163385

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 206

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About the Author

ANGHARAD N. VALDIVIA is Research Professor, former Head of Media and Cinema Studies, and former Interim Director of the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. She is author of several books including A Latina in the Land of Hollywood, Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Media, and editor of the seven-volume International Encyclopedia of Media Studies.