Research essay

MONT 110G (C. Stone, 2012)

Requirements for final essay

30% of the final grade
Due on Moodle by midnight on December 13
Approximately 8 pages (2000 words) in which to capture the interest of the readers, identify the approach or method you plan to use, structure a persuasive argument with vivid and varied evidence, insert your voice in larger debates related to Latino images in US cinema and demonstrate familiarity with the relevant bibliography. The ultimate goal of the critical essay is to add to the informed reader's understanding of the films under consideration and the major concepts of the course.
Both primary and secondary sources must be cited in a Works Cited page at the end of the essay. See A Short Guide to Writing About Film, ch. 7 for tips on using quotations, acknowledging and documenting sources, and preparing a list of Works Cited.
As primary sources, the essay must include a critical analysis of 2-3 films related to your chosen topic, at least one of which must be a film not included on the course syllabus. Relevant films in the MRC or my own personal collection are listed below (some may also be available via Netflix, Hulu or Amazon).
As secondary sources, the essay must include a variety of articles that analyze the particular films as well at least one that relates to the general topic under consideration. Please use the course textbooks and the secondary sources suggested below as a starting point, but you should also add others to complement them as necessary.
Regarding the use of quotations, don’t assume that they speak for themselves; always provide an explanatory frame that introduces the author or authors and explains why you consider the citation important (see They Say, I Say, ch. 3). The same goes for establishing why your own arguments are important: don’t take for granted that the readers have a context for understanding why they matter (see They Say, I Say, ch. 7). For tips on dialoguing with others’ opinions, distinguishing your own voice from that of the authors you cite and planting a naysayer in your text, see They Say, I Say, chs. 4, 5, and 6.
Make sure to include a title (and also a subtitle, if you so choose) to help guide your analysis and the readers’ interpretation of it. Finally, anticipate potential ambiguities in your argument or misunderstandings on the part of the readers and provide a “metatext” to help them follow your train of thought (see They Say, I Say, ch. 10).
Regarding additional research sources, consult the “Course Information” page at http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/cstone/mont110g/information.html for a list of E-Journals available through Dinand and other potentially useful online resources. Corrigan provides a lot of useful advice in A Short Guide to Writing About Film, ch. 6 on how to go about researching movies using library search engines, electronic databases, film journals, and the Internet. I would also encourage you to make an appointment to consult with a librarian by clicking on “Get research help” on the library homepage at http://academics.holycross.edu/libraries/.
Regarding language use, don’t be afraid to include colloquialisms to enliven your writing or to make a particular point (with a specific audience and purpose in mind); just don’t use colloquialisms arbitrarily or to avoid rigorous and precise analysis (see They Say, I Say, ch. 9). Make sure to reread Corrigan ch. 5 for tips on improving your writing style and structure (he even has a section entitled “Checklist for writing an effective essay” on pp. 123-125). Also, Graff and Birkenstein include a useful list of transition words and phrases in ch. 8 of They Say, I Say.

Possible topics

The U.S. Mexican Border in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: El Norte, Born in East L.A., My Family, El Mariachi, A Day Without a Mexican. Others that might serve as a useful point of comparison, depending on your thesis: Bordertown, The Magnificent 7, Lone Star
Secondary sources on this topic include: Noriega 1991, 1992, 1996, 2010; Keller 1993; Fregoso 1993; Rodríguez 1997 and 2008; Ramírez-Berg 2002; Habell-Pallón 2002; The Bronze Screen 2002; Dell’Agnese 2007; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

New York City in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: El Súper, Crossover Dreams, Nueba Yol 1 & 3, América
Secondary sources on this topic include: Keller 1993; Noriega 1996; Pérez and Jiménez in Rodriguez 1997; Habell-Pallán 2002; The Bronze Screen 2002; Valerio-Holquin 2003; Negron-Muntaner 2004; Miyares 2004; Rodríguez 1997 and 2008; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

The American Dream in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: El Norte, Crossover Dreams, Born in East L.A., My Family, Real Women Have Curves, Nueba Yol 1 & 3, A Day Without a Mexican. Another film that might serve as a useful point of comparison is Bordertown.
Secondary sources on this topic include: Noriega 1991; Rosen, Fuentes, and Newman in Noriega 1992; Keller 1993; Jimenez in Noriega 1996; Rodriguez 1997; Calvo in Habell-Pallán 2002; Bender 2003; Marambio and Tew 2006; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

Popular music and ethnic identity in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: Zoot Suit, Crossover Dreams, Born in East L.A., La Bamba, Selena
Secondary sources on this topic include: Keller 1993; Habell-Pallán 2002; Aparicio and Jáquez 2003 (especially the introduction and chs. 1 and 11); Chabram-Dernersesian 2006; Avant-Mier 2008; Román in Noriega et. al. 2010; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

Women-focused narratives in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: El Norte, Selena, Real Women Have Curves, América
Secondary sources include: Keller 1993; Cortes in Rodriguez 1997; Gaspar 2003; Ortiz Cofer 2004; Negron-Muntaner 2004; Molina Guzmán and Valdivia 2004; Hirsch in Segura and Zavella 2007; Valdivia 2008; González in Noriega et. al. 2010; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

Parody and identity politics in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: Zoot Suit, Born in East L.A., Nueba Yol 1 & 3, El Mariachi
Secondary sources on this topic include: Limón, Maciel and List in Noriega 1992; Fregoso 1993; Keller 1993; Fregoso 1993; Baugh 2003; Martinez 2004; Ramón García in Chabram-Dernersesian 2006; Moreman in Valdivia 2008; Gutiérrez, Román, and Del Castillo in Noriega et. al. 2010; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

Citizens and immigrants in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: Zoot Suit, Born in East L.A., Nueba York 1 & 3, A Day Without a Mexican
Secondary sources on this topic include: Noriega 1991 and 1992; Fregoso 1993; Keller 1993; Los Angeles Torres in Bonilla et. al. 1998; Santa Anna 1999; The Bronze Screen 2002; Ramírez-Berg 2002; Bender 2003; Segura and Zavella 2007; Calafell in Valdivia 2008; “’Like an animal I was treated’”; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

Greasers and gangsters in US/Latino Cinema

Suggested films include: Zoot Suit, American Me, La Vida Loca. Others that might serve as a useful point of comparison, depending on your thesis: Bordertown, Touch of Evil, Traffic, Crash.
Secondary sources on this topic include: Keller 1993; Ramírez Berg 2002; The Bronze Screen 2002; Bender 2003; Mantsios 2004; Shaw 2005; Dell'Agnese 2005; Middleton 2007; Rodríguez 2008; specific articles on films chosen for analysis (see below)

US-Latino Films in Holy Cross collections (in alphabetical order by title)

A Day Without a Mexican. Dir. and co-writer, Sergio Arau. Perf. and co-writer, Yareli Arizmendi. Altavista Films/Televisa Cine/Xenon Pictures, 2004. DVD.
Online information: http://www.adaywithoutamexican.com/ and http://www.sergioarau.com/ . Location: MRC DvdSpD3. Special features: “The making-of 'A day without a Mexican'”; filmmaker commentary; music video "Frijoleros" by Molatov; outtakes; music video "Sin decir adios" by Los Yoguis; the original short that inspired the film; original theatrical trailers & TV spots. Secondary sources: Marambio 2006; Rivera 2006; Rodriguez 2008.

América. Dir. Sonia Fritz. Perf. Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Yareli Arizmendi. Adapted from the novel América’s Dream by Esmeralda Santiago. Isla Films, 2011. DVD.
Online information: http://www.olmosperfect.com/america.html . Location: C. Stone personal collection.

American Me. Dir. Edward James Olmos. Perf. Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny de la Paz. Olmos Productions/Universal Studios, 1992. Universal Studios, 2002. DVD.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Me . Location: C. Stone personal collection.
Secondary sources: Díaz 2000; Baugh 2003.

Born in East L.A. Dir. and writer, Cheech Marin. Perf. Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez. Universal, 1987. Universal, 2002. DVD.
Online information: http://cheechmarin.com/ ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_East_L.A . Location: MRC DvdEnB. Secondary sources: Fregoso 1987; List in Noriega 1992; Keller 1993; Noriega 1995; Gaspar de Alba in Gaspar de Alba 2003; Fellner and Heissenberger 2005; Rodriguez 2008.

Crossover Dreams. Dir. and co-written by León Ichaso. Perf. Rubén Blades, Shawn Elliott, Elizabeth Peña. Miramax Films, 1985. VHS.
Online information: http://www.leonichaso.com/ and http://www.maestravida.com/RBbioeng.html . Location: MRC SpC11. Secondary sources: Rosen in Noriega 1992; Keller 1993; Jimenez in Noriega and López 1996; Perez in Rodriguez 1997; Rodríguez in Habell-Pallán 2002; Pacini Hernández in Aparicio and Jáquez 2003; Rodriguez 2008.

El Mariachi. Dir., prod., and writer, Robert Rodriguez. Perf. Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Peter Marquardt. Columbia Pictures/Los Hooligans Productions, 1993. Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, 2003. DVD.
Online information: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/robertrodriguez/el_mariachi and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mariachi . Location: MRC DvdSpM9. Secondary sources: Ramírez Berg 2002; Baugh 2003; Rodriguez 2008.

El Norte. Dir. and co-writer, Gregory Nava. Prod. and co-writer, Anna Thomas. Perf. Zaide Silva Gutiérrez, David Villalpando. Cinecom International/Island Alma, 1984. Criterion Collection, 2008. DVD.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Norte_%28film%29 . Location: MRC DvdSpN1. Special features in the Criterion Collection release include: container insert with an essay “Promised land” by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film; an interview with the filmmakers on disc 2, "In the service of the shadows: the making of 'El norte'" (60 min). Secondary sources: Keller 1993; Fregoso 1993; West 1995; Martí-Olivella 1997; Santander 2002; Rodriguez 2008.

El Súper. Dir. León Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez-Leal. Perf. Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato, Zully Montero, Reynaldo Medina, Elizabeth PeJOUa. Based on the original play "El Super" by Ivan Acosta. Max Mambru Films, 1979. VHS
Online information: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/movies/29ojit.html?_r=0 and http://bombsite.com/issues/78/articles/2447 . Location: MRC SpS13. Secondary sources: Keller 1993; López in Noriega and López 1996; Rodriguez 2008.

La Bamba. Dir. and writer, Luis Valdez. Perf. Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña. Columbia Pictures/New Visions Pictures, 1987. Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998. VHS.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bamba_%28film%29 and http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/235288|235304/La-Bamba.html . Location: MRC SpB21. Secondary sources: Keller 1993; Fregoso 1993; Macías in Aparicio and Jáquez 2003; Rodriguez 2008; Avant-Mier 2008.

My Family. Dir. and co-writer, Gregory Nava. Co-writer, Anna Thomas. Perf. Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales. Majestic Films/American Playhouse, 1995. New Line Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD. Special features: a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, DVD-ROM and online features.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Family_%28film%29 . Location: MRC DvdSpM14. Secondary sources: West 1995; Jillson and Barrera 1998; Baugh 2003; Serrato 2004; Huaco-Nuzum in Chabram-Dernersesian 2006.

Nueba Yol 1 & 3. Dir., prod. and writer, Angel Muñiz. Perf. Luisito Marti, Caridad Ravelo, Raul Carbonell, Rafael Villalona, Joel Garcia, Alfonso Zayas, Rosalba Rolon, Bersaida Vega. 1985. Cigua Films, 1995. Venevision International, 2006. DVD.
Online information: http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-18/entertainment/ca-54953_1_nueba-yol . Location: MRC DvdSpN2. Secondary sources: Martí-Olivella 1997; Torres-Saillant in Bonilla et. al. 1998; Valerio-Holquin 2003.

Real Women Have Curves. Dir. and writer, Patricia Cordoso. Perf. America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros. Based on the play by Josefina Lopez. HBO/Newmarket Films, 2002. HBO Video, 2003. DVD.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Women_Have_Curves and http://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=25027&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=%2Fproduction%2Ffaculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=1 . Location: MRC DvdSpR3. Secondary sources: Figueroa in Gaspar 2003; Launius 2007.

Selena. Dir. and writer, Gregory Nava. Perf. Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Lupe Ontiveros. Warner Bros./Q Productions, 1997. Warner Home Video, 1998. VHS.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena_%28film%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena . Location: MRC SpS22. Secondary sources: Negron-Muntaner 1997; Rangil 2002; Vargas in Habell-Pallán 2002; Molina Guzmán and Valdivia 2004; Vargas in Chabram-Dernersesian 2006; Paredez in Segura and Zavella 2007; Rodriguez 2008.

Zoot Suit. Dir. and writer, Luis Valdez. Perf. Edward James Olmos, Daneil Valdez, Charles Aidman. Universal, 1982. Universal, 2003. DVD.
Online information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_%28film%29 and Zoot Suit Riots (PBS: The American Experience). Location: MRC DvdEn21. Secondary sources: Fregoso 1993; Keller 1993; Wellington 1997; Díaz 2000; Macías in Aparicio and Jáquez 2003; Broyles González in Chabram-Dernersesian 2006; Howard 2010.

Select bibliography (in alphabetical order by author)

Aparicio, Frances R, and Cándida F. Jáquez. Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Moodle, Aparicio

Contents:

v. 1 Introduction / Frances R. Aparicio and Cándida F. Jáquez -- Amalgamating musics: popular music and cultural hybridity in the Americas / Deborah Pacini Hernández -- El Mariachi: musical repertoire as sociocultural investment / Cándida F. Jáquez -- Rock con raza, raza con Jazz: Latinos/as and post-World War II popular American music / Anthony Macías -- Rock 'n' roll in Peru's popular quarters: cultural identity, hybridity, and transculturation / Luis A. Ramos-García, translated by María Elena Cepeda.

Avant-Mier, Roberto. "Latinos in the Garage: A Genealogical Examination of the Latino/s Presence and Influence in Garage Rock (and Rock and Pop Music." Popular Music and Society 31.5 (2008): 555-574. Moodle, Avant-Mier

Baugh, Scott L. "Changing of the Guard: Pinche Pintas and 'Family'/Familia in Contemporary Chicano Film." Journal of Film and Video 55.2-3 (2003): 3-21. Moodle, Baugh

Bender, Steven. Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination. New York: New York University Press, 2003. E-Book

Contents:

The confluence of stereotype and law -- Latinas/os in the American imagination -- Centering Latina/o stereotypes in those of other groups -- Greasers and gangsters : Latinas/os and crime -- Mañana (is soon enough for me) : fertility and welfare -- In the U.S.A. it's English or adiós amigo : Latina/o assimilation -- One of the smart ones : Latina/o (un)intelligence -- No Mexicans or dogs allowed: subhumanity -- Gringos in the Latina/o imagination -- Latinas/os in the mirror : intra/inter-ethnic glimpses -- Eradicating stereotypes : community-based strategies of media counterspeech and protest -- Mi familia as counterspeech -- Eradicating stereotypes : the collision of legal strategies with the First Amendment -- Beyond stereotype : movement toward social change.

Bonilla, Frank, and Edwin Meléndez, Rebecca Morales, María de los Angeles Torres, eds. Borderless Borders: U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. E-Book

Contents:

Visions of Dominicanness in the United States / Silvio Torres-Saillant -- The legacy of conquest and discovery: Meditations on ethnicity, race, and American politics / Gerald Torres -- Transnational political and cultural identities: Crossing theoretical borders / María de los Angeles Torres

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema. Dir. Susan Rancho, Nancy de los Santos, Alberto Dominguez. HBO/Cinemax, 2002. Questar, 2002.
DVD. MRC DvdEnB4

Chabram-Dernersesian, Angie. The Chicana/o Cultural Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Contents:

pt. 3. Who needs identity? : Chicana/o gender identities and sexualities within cultural representations -- Introduction to part three / Angie Chabram-Dernersesian -- 11. Chicana feminism : in the tracks of "the" native woman / Norma Alarcón -- 12. In praise of insubordination, or, what makes a good girl go bad? / Inés Hernández-Avila -- 13. The X in race and gender : rethinking Chicano/a cultural production through the paradigms of Xicanisma and Me(x)icanness / Juan Velasco -- 14. Against Rasquache : Chicano camp and the politics of identity in Los Angeles / Ramón García -- 15. Sexuality and Chicana/o studies : toward a theoretical paradigm for the twenty-first century / Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano -- 16. Bringing it back home : desire, jotos, and men / Raúl Coronado.; pt. 4. Chicana/o and Latina/o visual culture : film, video, and performance art -- Introduction to part four / Angie Chabram-Dernersesian -- 17. Born in East L.A. and the "politics of representation" / Rosa Linda Fregoso -- 18. Orale patriarchy : Hasta cuando corazón will you remain El gallo macho of Mi familia? / Carmen Huaco-Nuzum -- 19. What price "mainstream?" : Luis Valdez' Corridos on stage and film / Yolanda Broyles González.; pt. 5. Chicana/o Latina/o popular culture and music : transnational musical genres and expressions -- Introduction to part five / Angie Chabram-Dernersesian -- 20. El Vez is "taking care of business" : the inter/national appeal of Chicano popular music / Michelle Habell-Pallán -- 21. "Home is where the hatred is" : work, music and the transnational economy / George Lipsitz -- 22. Cruzando frontejas : remapping Selena's tejano music "crossover" / Deborah R. Vargas -- 23. Chicano hip hop and postmodern mestizaje / Rafael Pérez-Torres -- 24. Reclaiming salsa / Lisa Sánchez-González -- 25. Ranchera music(s) and the legendary Lydia Mendoza : performing social location and relations / Yolanda Broyles-González -- 26. The blackness of sugar : Celia Cruz and the performance of (trans)nationalism / Frances R. Aparicio

Dell’Agnese, Elena. “The US-Mexico Border in American Movies: A Political Geography Perspective” Power, Marcus, and Andrew Crampton. Cinema and Popular Geo-Politics. London: Routledge, 2007. Web http://www.sociologia.unimib.it/DATA/Insegnamenti/2_2136/materiale/confine%20messico-stati%20uniti.pdf

Díaz, Katharine A. "Man of Ingluence: Edward James Olmos changes lives through his actions." Hispanic. September 2000. Moodle, Díaz

Fellner, Astrid, and Klaus Heissenberger. “'I Was Born in East L.A.': Humour and the Displacement of Nationality and Ethnicity.” In Cheeky Fictions: Laughter and the Postcolonial, 161-175.Amsterdan: Rodopi, 2005, 161-175) E-Book

Fregoso, Rosa Linda. The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1993. E-Book

Contents:

List of Photographs; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Bronze Screen: Looking at Us Looking; 1 Actos of "Imaginative Re-discovery"; 2 Intertextuality and Cultural Identity in Zoot Suit (1981) and La Bamba (1987); 3 Humor as Subversive De-construction: Born in East L.A. (1987); 4 From Il(l)egal to Legal Subject: Border Construction and Re-construction; 5 Nepantla in Gendered Subjectivity; 6 Conclusion: Eastside Story Re-visited; Notes; Index

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Velvet Barrios: Popular Culture & Chicana/o Sexualities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Moodle, Gaspar de Alba


Contents:	Rights of passage : from cultural schizophrenia to border consciousness in Cheech Marín's Born in East L.A. / Alicia Gaspar de Alba -- Gendered bodies and borders in contemporary Chican@ performance and literature / Suzanne Chávez-Silverman -- Resisting "beauty" and Real women have curves / María P. Figueroa.

Habell-Pallán, Michelle, and Mary Romero. Latino/a Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press, 2002. E-Book



Contents:	Introduction /; Mary Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán --; […]"Lemme stay, I want to watch" : ambivalence in Borderlands cinema /; Luz Calvo --; Music --; Encrucijadas : Rub'en Blades at the transnational crossroads /; Ana Patricia Rodríguez --; "The sun never sets on MTV" : Tijuana NO! and the border of music video /; Josh Kun --; Bidi Bidi Bom Bom : Selena and Tejano music in the making of Tejas /; Deborah R. Vargas --; Hip hop and New York Puerto Ricans […]

Howard, Sarah Elizabeth. "Zoot to Boot: The Zoot Suit as Both Symbol and Costume." Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 28 (2010): 112-131.

Keller, Gary D. “Film.” In Reference Library of Hispanic America 3, 495-535. Series ed. Nicolás Kanellos. Vol. 3 ed. Sonia G. Benson. New York: Gale Research, 1993. Moodle, Keller

Launius, Christie. “Real Women Haves Curves: A Feminist Narrative of Upward Mobility.” American Drama 16.2 (2007): 15-27. Moodle, Launius

List, Christine. “Self-Directed Stereotyping in the Films of Cheech Marin.” In Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance, Ed. Chon A. Noriega, Garland, 1992, 183-194) Moodle, List

Maciel, David R. and María Rosa Garcia-Acevedo. “The Celluloid Immigrant: The Narrative Films of Mexican Immigration.” In: Culture Across Borders: Mexican Immigration & Popular Culture , 149-202. Ed. David R. Maciel and Maria Herrera-Sobek. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998.

Mantsios, Gregory. "Media Magic: Making Class Invisible." In Race, Class and Gender: An Anthology. Ed. Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2004. Moodle, Mantsios

Marambio, John L. “Clash in Paradise: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of 'A Day Without a Mexican'” Journal of American Culture 29.4 (2006): 475-492. E-Journal

Martí-Olivella, Jaume. “When the Latino Family Goes Hollywood.” Sincronía, Spring/Primavera, 1997, 1-4, 11-26) Web http://fuentes.csh.udg.mx/CUCSH/Sincronia/olivella.htm

Martínez, Elizabeth. "Seeing More Than Black and White." In Race, Class and Gender: An Anthology. Ed. Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2004. Moodle, Martinez

Middleton, Joyce Irene. "Talking about Race and Whiteness in Crash." College English 69.4 (2007): 321-334. Moodle, Middleton

Miyares, Inés M. "Changing Latinization of New York City." In Hispanic Spanish, Latino Places. Ed. Daniel D. Arreola. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2004. Moodle, Miyares

Molina Guzmán, Isabel, and Angharad N. Valdivia. “Brain, Brow, and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture.” The Communication Review 7 (2004): 205-221. Web http://www.uky.edu/~addesa01/documents/BrainBrowandBooty.pdf

Negron-Muntaner, Frances. “Weighing in Theory: Puerto Ricans and American Culture” and “Jennifer’s Butt: Valorizing the Puerto Rican Racialized Female Body.” In Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and American Culture from West Side Story to Jennifer Lopez. New York: NYU Press, 2004. E-Book

Noriega, Chon. “Citizen Chicano: The Trials and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 1935-1962.” Social Research 58.2 (`1991): 413-438. Moodle, Noriega 1991.

Noriega, Chon A. Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance. New York: Garland Pub, 1992. Dinand Reserve.

Contents:

Stereotyping and Chicano resistance : an historical dimension / José E. Limón -- Latino participation in the Hollywood film industry, 1911-1945 / Antonio Rios-Bustamante -- Bordertown, the assimilation narrative and the Chicano social problem film / Charles Ramírez Berg --Of mestizos and half-breeds : Orson Welles's Touch of evil / William Anthony Nericcio -- Latino sacrifice in the discourse of citizenship : acting against the "mainstream," 1985-1988 / Kathleen Newman -- Who is Maria? What is Juan? : dilemmas of analyzing the Chicano image in U.S. feature films / Carlos E. Cortés -- Pochos and other extremes in Mexican cinema : or, el cine Mexicano se va de Bracer, 1922-1963 / David R. Maciel.
Cinematic orphans : Mexican immigrants in the United States since the 1950s / Alex M. Saragoza -- Ni de aquí, ni de allá : indigenous female representation in the films of Maria Elena Velasco / Carmen Huaco- Nuzum -- Between a weapon and a formula : Chicano cinema and its contexts / Chon A. Noriega -- Chicana film practices : confronting the "many-headed demon of oppression" / Rosa Linda Fregoso --Self-directed stereotyping in the films of Cheech Marin / Christine List -- Legislating languages : The ballad of Gregorio Cortez and the English language amendment / Carl Gutiérrez-Jones -- Chicano cinema : a dialectic beteen voices and images of the autonomous discourse versus those of the dominant / Víctor Fuentes.
Story structure in Latino feature films / Mario Barrera --Crossover : Hispanic specialty films in the U.S. movie marketplace / David Rosen -- A Chicano reporter in "Hispanic Hollywood" : editorial agendas and the culture of professional journalism / Victor Valle -- Ya basta con yankee imperialist documentaries! / Cine-Aztlán -- Towards the development of a Raza cinema / Francisco X. Camplis -- Notes on Chicano cinema / Jason C. Johansen -- Filming a Chicana documentary / Sylvia Morales -- "Eso me está pasando" / Ray Navarro.

Noriega, Chon A. “‘Waas Sappening?’ Narrative Structure and Iconography in Born in East L.A." Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 14 (1995): 107-28) E-Journal

Noriega, Chon A, and Ana M. López. The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts. Minneapolis, Minn: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. E-Book


Contents:	Introduction /; Chon A. Noriega and Ana M. Lopez --; Imagined borders: locating Chicano cinema in America/America /; Chon A. Noriega --; Moving from the margin to the center: Puerto Rican cinema in New York /; Lillian Jimenez --; Greater Cuba /; Ana M. Lopez --; […].

Noriega, Chon A, Eric Avila, Karen M. Davalos, Chela Sandoval, and Rafael Pérez-Torres. The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2010. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2010.

Contents:

The dissension of other things / Chon A. Noriega
Decolonizing the territory : Introduction / Eric Avila -- Toward an operational definition of the Mexican American / Fernando Peñalosa -- Toward a perspective on Chicano history / Juan Gómez-Quiñones -- Los Desarraigados : Chicanos in the midwestern region of the United States / Gilberto Cárdenas -- Recent Chicano historiography : an interpretive essay / Alex M. Saragoza -- Chicano cinema and the horizon of expectations : a discursive analysis of film reviews in the mainstream, alternative, and Hispanic Press , 1987-1988 / Chon A. Noriega -- Refiguring Aztlán / Rafael Pérez-Torres – […]
Configuring identities : Introduction / Chela Sandoval -- Chicanas and El Movimiento / Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell -- Unraveling America's Hispanic past ? internal stratification and class boundaries / Ramón A. Gutiérrez -- Beyond indifference and antipathy : the Chicana Movement and Chicana feminist discourse / Denise A. Segura and Beatriz M. Pesquera -- Chicana identity matters / Deena J. González -- Latino performance and identity / David Román – […]
Continuing to push boundaries : Introduction / Chon A. Noriega -- Illegal status and social citizenship : thoughts on Mexican immigrants in a postnational world / Adelaida R. Del Castillo

Ortiz Cofer, Judith. "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María." In Race, Class and Gender: An Anthology. Ed. Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2004. Moodle, Ortiz Cofer

Ramírez Berg, Charles. Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, Resistance. University of Texas Press, 2002.

Rangil, Viviana. “Selena: Two Complementary Cinematographic Interpretations.” In Music, Popular Culture, Identities. Ed. Richard A.Young. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002.
Moodle, Rangil

Rivera, John-Michael. “How Do You Make the Invisible, Visible?: Locating Stories of Mexican Peoplehood.” n The Emergence of Mexican America: Recovering Stories of Mexican Peoplehood in US Culture. John-Michael Rivera. NYU Press, 2006, 1-20) Moodle, Rivera

Rodriguez, Clara E. Latin Looks: Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.s. Media. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1997. Dinand Reserve

Contents:

Out of the picture: Hispanics in the media / National Council of La Raza -- Hispanic voices: is the press listening? / Jorge Quiroga -- Distorted reality: Hispanic characters in TV entertainment / S. Robert Lichter and Daniel R. Amundson -- Visual retrospective: Latino film stars / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Citizen Chicano: the trials and titillations of ethnicity in the American cinema, 1935-1962 / Chon Noriega -- Stereotyping in films in general and of the Hispanic in particular / Charles Ramirez Berg -- Chicanas in film: history of an image / Carlos E. Cortes -- From assimilation to annihilation: Puerto Rican images in U.S. films / Richie Perez -- West side story: a Puerto Rican reading of "America" / Alberto Sandoval Sanchez -- Keeping it reel? films of the 1980s and 1990s / Clara E. Rodriguez -- From the margin to the center: Puerto Rican cinema in New York / Lillian Jimenez -- Unofficial stories: documentaries by Latinas and Latin American women / Liz Kotz -- Type and stereotype: Chicano images in film / Linda Williams -- Two film reviews: My family/mi familia and The Perez family / Santiago Nieves and Frank Algarin -- Hispanic-oriented media / Federico Subervi-Velez ... [et al.] -- Promoting analytical and critical viewing / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Questions and reflections about the readings in this book / Clara E. Rodriguez -- What we can do / Clara E. Rodriguez.

Rodríguez., Clara E. Heroes, Lovers, and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Santa Anna, Otto. “'Like an animal I was treated’: Anti-immigrant metaphor in US Public Discourse.” Discourse & Society 10.2 (1999): 191-222. Web http://wha.arizona.edu/classes/ariew/slat596/SantaAna.pdf

Santander, Hugo N. “Immigration and Colonization: Reflexiones sobre 'El Norte'" Espéculo: Revista de Estudios Literarios 22 (2002). Web http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero22/north.html

Segura, Denise A, and Patricia Zavella. Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. Dinand Reserve

Contents:

Toward a planetary civil society / Rosa Linda Fregoso -- A glass half empty: Latina reproduction and public discourse / Leo R. Chavez -- Illegal status and social citizenship: thoughts on Mexican immigrants in a postnational world / Adelaida R. del Castillo –"Looking like a lesbian": the organization of sexual monitoring at the United States-Mexican border / Eithne Luibheid -- The value of immigrant life / Jonathan Xavier Inda […]-- "En el norte la mujer manda": gender, generation, and geography in a Mexican transnational community / Jennifer S. Hirsch -- Unruly passions: poetics, performance, and gender in the Ranchera song / Olga Nájera-Ramírez -- Becoming Selena, becoming Latina / Deborah Paredez -- Cyberbrides and global imaginaries: Mexican women's turn from the national to the foreign / Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel.

Serrato, Phillip. “Just The Tip of the Iceberg: The Truncation of Mexican American Identity in 'Mi Familia'” Mester 33 (2004): 68-90) Moodle, Serrato

Valdivia, Angharad N. Latina/o Communication Studies Today. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.

Contents:

The production of Latinidad -- Is my butt your island? the myth of discovery and contemporary Latina/o communication studies / Angharad N. Valdivia -- When Dolores del Rio became Latina : Latina/o stardom in Hollywood's transition to sound / Mary Beltrán -- The importance of Spanish-language and Latino media / Mari Castañeda -- Performance and the self -- Performing the responsible sponsor : everything you never wanted to know about immigration post-9/11 / Bernadette Marie Calafell -- Hybrid performativity, south and north of the border : entre la teoría y la materialidad de hibridación / Shane T. Moreman -- Contextually representing the heterogeneity -- Policing the Latina/o other : Latinidad in prime-time news coverage of the Elián González story / Isabel Molina Guzmán -- Real women and their curves : letters to the editor and a magazine's celebration of the "Latina body" / Katynka Z. Martínez -- A morning dose of Latino masculinity : U.S.-Spanish-language radio and the politics of gender / Dolores Inés Casillas -- Latina women as cultural readers -- Media practices and gendered identity among transnational Latina teens / Lucila Vargas -- Watching over the border : a case study of the Mexico-U.S. television and youth audience / David González Hernández -- Survival aesthetics : U.S. Latinas and the negotiation of popular media / María Elena Cepeda -- Mexican (American) women talk back : audience responses to Latinidad in U.S. advertising / Jillian M. Báez.

Valerio-Holguín, Fernando. “Santo Domingo, Nueba Yol, Madrid: Migración e identidad cultural.” Cuadernos Americanos, 2003, 637-638: 89-93. Moodle, Valerio-Holguín

Wellington, Michelle L. “El Gran Pachuco: Valdez.” In Aztlán, Chicano Culture and Folklore: An Anthology. Eds. José Villarino and Arturo Ramírez. McGraw-Hill, 1997, 187-194) Moodle, Wellington

West, Dennis. “Filming the Chicano Family Saga: Interview with Director Gregory Nava.” Cineaste, 21.4 (1995): 26-28) Moodle, West