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A multifaceted assessment of Latinos/as in contemporary popular culture. By deeply interrogating representations that others have dismissed as trivial, the book's dynamic range of approaches offers vital new ways of seeing Latinos/as. It's beautifully composed and richly nuanced essays bring twenty-first century Latino-ness to life on screens big and small. - Priscilla Pena Ovalle, University of Oregon, USA, and author of Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex and Stardom Aldama has done it again, assembling some of the sharpest minds around to put the spotlight on the next stage in Latino/a media and cultural studies. A treasure trove of insight and illumination, this book is guaranteed to capture the attention of students, scholars, and anyone invested in the politics of Latino/a media representations. This book is what we've all been waiting for. - Richard T. Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and author of Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics A timely, lively collection of essays on how Latino/as create and absorb mass media, authored by a Murderer's Row of scholars who know their Dora from their Derrida, their Sancho Panza from their Sartre. - Gustavo Arellano, syndicated columnist of Ask a Mexican! Latinos and Narrative Media bursts through into new exploratory spaces that shine a bright new light on Latino Media Studies. Aldama and his crew welcome us in their dazzling discovery of exquisite new planetary constellations. - Ana Merino, University of Iowa, USA, and author of El comic hispanico and Chris Ware: La secuencia circular

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Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and Founder and Director of LASER/Latino & Latin American Space for Enrichment Research at The Ohio State University, USA. He is the author of 13 books, including: Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez, The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature, and Muy Pop!: Conversations on Latino Pop Culture (co-authored with Ilan Stavans).

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