Greasers and gringos
Subtitle: Latinos, law, and the American imagination
By: Steven W. Bender.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions; Hispanic Americans and mass media -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: The confluence of stereotype and law; title: Latinas/os in the American imagination; title: Centering Latina/o stereotypes in those of other groups; title: Greasers and gangsters : Latinas/os and crime; title: Mañana (is soon enough for me) : fertility and welfare; title: In the U.S.A. it's English or adiós amigo : Latina/o assimilation; title: One of the smart ones : Latina/o (un)intelligence; title: No Mexicans or dogs allowed: subhumanity; title: Gringos in the Latina/o imagination; title: Latinas/os in the mirror : intra/inter-ethnic glimpses; title: Eradicating stereotypes : community-based strategies of media counterspeech and protest; title: Mi familia as counterspeech; title: Eradicating stereotypes : the collision of legal strategies with the First Amendment; title: Beyond stereotype : movement toward social change.