{"product_id":"the-gender-of-latinidad-isbn-9781405163385","title":"The Gender of Latinidad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents innovative scholarship on Latina\/o visibility in contemporary mainstream media\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatina\/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. \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity\u003c\/i\u003e explores Latina\/o visibility—analyzing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor 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:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the trope of the spitfire in the context of popular media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings Disney Studies into Latina\/o Studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the dynamic inclusion of Latinidad in awards ceremonies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses the implicit utopias of Latina\/o representation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents the only major academic treatment of Charo\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresenting an original perspective on Latina\/os in media,\u003ci\u003e The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal text for students and scholars in areas including Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, and general Media and Feminist Media Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Continuities and Ruptures: The Gender of Latinidad 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Spitfire Transition Tales: The Production of a Career 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 An Unambivalent Structure of Ambivalence: Disney’s Production of Latina Princesses 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Latina\/o Media Utopias: The Ideal Place or No Place 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is destined to quickly become a landmark text and valuable archival resource for \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e scholars of media and popular culture, regardless of specialization, but will be of particular interest to those with interests in Latina\/o\/x Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Girl Studies, and Disney Studies.” - \u003ci\u003eGlobal Media Journal –German Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Autumn\/Winter 2021\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANGHARAD N. VALDIVIA\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Latina in the Land of Hollywood, Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Media,\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of the seven-volume \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Media Studies.\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRESENTS INNOVATIVE SCHOLARSHIP ON LATINA\/O VISIBILITY IN CONTEMPORARY MAINSTREAM MEDIA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLatina\/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. \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity\u003c\/i\u003e explores Latina\/o visibility—analyzing 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the trope of the spitfire in the context of popular media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings Disney Studies into Latina\/o Studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the dynamic inclusion of Latinidad in awards ceremonies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses the implicit utopias of Latina\/o representation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents the only major academic treatment of Charo\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresenting an original perspective on Latina\/os in media, \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal text for students and scholars in areas including Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, and general Media and Feminist Media Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990239199461,"sku":"NP9781405163385","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405163385.jpg?v=1761787020","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-gender-of-latinidad-isbn-9781405163385","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}