Deconstructive Humour: Subverting Mexican and Chicano Stereotypes in Un Día Sin Mexicanos (Sergio Arau 2004)

For a long time, US cinema developed unshakeable stereotypes of Mexican ‘otherness’, with characters of Mexican cultural and ethnic heritage stigmatised as criminals or as sensual objects of desire. Filmmakers in Mexico, meanwhile, treated Mexican Americans as misfits who belonged nowhere, or ignore...

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Main Author: Sarah Barrow
Format: article
Language:EN
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Published: Prof. Dr. Vittoria Borsò, Prof. Dr. Frank Leinen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yasmin Temelli, Prof. Dr. Guido Rings 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8bc0f0b85e9246b1a6b9b2037f7f1182
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