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Shot In America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Shot In America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema

Contributors:

By (Author) Chon A. Noriega

ISBN:

9780816629312

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press

Imprint:

University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date:

15th March 2000

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

791.43652036872073

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

344

Dimensions:

Width 149mm, Height 229mm, Spine 18mm

Description

One of the most influential figures in ethnic media studies takes direct aim at how Chicano filmmaking has been represented in the history of media in the United States. Shot in America tackles seemingly intractable dilemmas involving the political and market functions of film and TV to provide a definitive response to the debates over cultural and racial identity that have embroiled media and cultural studies over the past two decades.

Noriega offers a compelling and detailed description of an enormous body of work by Chicano media makers against the backdrop of Chicano social movements, politics, and activism over a forty-year period -- an extraordinary exposition of the civil rights movement, media reform activities, and public affairs programming that constitutes the prehistory of independent and minority cinemas.

Noriega reveals the ways in which Chicano and other minority protests both emerged within and were regulated by the very institutions that excluded them. Shot in America is a study with broad implications for our understanding of cultural politics and the entertainment industries.

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