Borderlands media : cinema and literature as opposition to the oppression of immigrants

Borderlands media : cinema and literature as opposition to the oppression of immigrants / David E. Toohey.

Borderlands Media: Cinema and Literature as Opposition to the Oppression of Immigrants, by David E. Toohey, explores the ways in which immigrants, diaspora communities, and their allies use alternative media to reject oppression. This in-depth analysis of the immigrant experience makes use of a mixt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toohey, David E., 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.
Immigrants in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Politics and literature.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Emigration and immigration in literature
Emigration and immigration in motion pictures
Immigrants in literature
Immigrants in motion pictures
Motion pictures > Political aspects
Politics and literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical and literature review
  • Methodology
  • When the border follows immigrants
  • Neo-Baroque law and violent border spaces
  • Citizenship and "legitimate" speakers in I.R.
  • Jim Crow and neo-racism
  • Re-linking time and space
  • La facultdad and meta-racism
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: cinematic border interference.

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