Latino/a Popular Culture
A collection of 16 thought-provoking essays centered on media,  music, theater, art, and sports, this multidisciplinary and  multiethnic project stresses "the need to amplify the  investigation of Latino popular culture within a larger context  of the Americas." Challenging the perception of Latinization in  culture, the contributors, mostly scholars from the humanities  and social sciences (Arlene D villa, Luz Calvo, and Ana Patricia  Rodriguez, to name a few), almost without exception follow the  theme of identity among Latin groups typified in the opening  essay on Latino portrayals on Spanish-language television. MTV  International is the topic of a disturbing piece on music videos  and social activism led by a border band. The phenomenon of  Mexican American boxer Oscar de la Hoya is the subject of an  essay on the Latino rejection of a cultural icon thought to be  too Anglicized for many in the Los Angeles barrios. More focused  on the influences of North American Latino culture than the  recent Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction, this  collection deserves a space on shelves in all academic  libraries. Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., NYCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.