The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos

Renewed interest in Latin American film industries has opened a host of paths of scholarly exploration. Productions from different countries reflect particular

Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotli

To date, Chicano and Latino representation and participation in the American film industry have been largely ignored by film scholars. Genre criticism has been