Greasers and gringos : Latinos, law, and the American imagination / Steven W. Bender.
Author: Bender, Steven.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2003.
ISBN: 081479887X (cloth : alk. paper)
Description: xv, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Series: Critical America
Subject: Hispanic Americans Legal status, laws, etc. United States.
Hispanic Americans Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans and mass media United States.
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.
