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Title From threatening guerrillas to forever illegals : US Central Americans and the cultural politics of non-belonging / Yajaira M. Padilla.
Edition First edition.

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Description 1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Note Print version record.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2022).
Contents Introduction : Central Americans among "US" -- Signifying US Central American non-belonging -- Domesticated subject? The Salvadoran maid in US television and film -- Lance Corporal José Gutiérrez and the perils of being a "good immigrant" -- Central American crossings, rightlessness, and survival in Mexico's border passage -- The cachet of illegal chickens in Central American Los Angeles -- Conclusion : seeing beyond the dominant.
Subject Central Americans -- United States.
Central Americans in motion pictures.
Central Americans -- Press coverage -- United States.
Central Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Immigrants in mass media.
Mass media and immigrants -- United States.
Central American Americans.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Central America -- On television.
Central America -- In popular culture.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Related To Print version: Padilla, Yajaira M. From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals. Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2022 9781477325261
ISBN 9781477325285 (electronic bk.)
147732528X (electronic bk.)
9781477325261
1477325263
9781477325278
1477325271
OCLC # EBC6893305
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