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Latino Images in Film by ISBN: 9780292798229Publication Date: 2010-09-01This book fills a void in bringing together Hollywood stereotyping and Latino self-representation in one study. With clarity and insight, Berg demonstrates why it is so important to take such an approach.
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Suggested Keywords
Try mixing terms from the following two groups:
- Film, Motion Pictures, Mass Media, Television
- Stereotypes, Discrimination, Prejudice, Representation
WITH
- Your chosen focal point (gender, race, class)
Also, keep an eye out for subject terms that relate to treatment of a specific group in the media, such as: African American women on television, Asian Americans in motion pictures, Sex role in mass media. Or, consider issues relating to stereotypes such as Body Image.
If exploring an archetype (anti-hero, femme fetale), trying searching using that term. Pair with information found from another search based on above pointers and ask yourself: where might these intersect?