Border bandits : Hollywood on the southern frontier / Camilla Fojas.

The southern frontier is one of the most emotionally charged zones in the United States, second only to its historical predecessor and partner, the western frontier. Though they span many genres, border films share common themes, trace the mood swings of public policy, and shape our cultural agenda....

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Main Author: Fojas, Camilla, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Welcome to the alamo : Hollywood on the border -- How the Southwest was won : border westerns and the southern frontier -- "The imaginary illegal alien" : Hollywood border crossers and buddy cops in the 1980s -- The "narc" in all of us : border media and the War on drugs -- Urban frontiers : border cinema and the global city -- Frontier myths on the line : border cinema redux. 
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