Latin looks: images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. media

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* Introduction Latinos On Television And In The News: Absent Or Misrepresented * 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. The Silver Screen: Stories And Stereotypes * Visual Retrospective: Latino Film Stars Clara E. Rodrguez. * Citizen Chicano: The Trial and Titillations of Ethnicity in the American Cinema, 19351962 Chon Noriega. * Stereotyping in Films in General and of the Hispanic in Particular Charles Ramrez Berg. * Chicanas in Film: History of an Image Carlos E. Corts. * From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films Richie Prez. * West Side Story: A Puerto Rican Reading of America Alberto Sandoval Snchez. * Keeping It Reel? Films of the 1980s and 1990s C. E. Rodrguez. Creating Alternative Images: The Others Present Themselves * From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York Lillian Jimnez. * 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-Vlez with C. R. Berg, Patricia Constantakis-Vads, C. Noriega, Diana I. Ros, and Kenton T. Wilkinson. Strategies For Change * Promoting Analytical and Critical Viewing C. E. Rodrguez. * Questions and Reflections About the Readings in This Book C. E. Rodrguez. * What We Can Do C. E. Rodrguez.