The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Popular Culture

Latina/o popular culture has experienced major growth and change with the expanding demographic of Latina/os in mainstream media. In The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Pop Culture, contributors pay serious critical attention to all facets of Latina/o popular culture including TV, films, performance art, food, lowrider culture, theatre, photography, dance, pulp fiction, music, comic books, video games, news, web, and digital media, healing rituals, quinceñeras, and much more. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Features include:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ consideration of differences between pop culture made by and about Latina/os;_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ comprehensive and critical analyses of various pop cultural forms;_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ concrete and detailed treatments of major primary works from children’s television to representations of dia de los muertos;_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ new perspectives on the political, social, and historical dynamic of Latina/o pop culture;_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Chapters select, summarize, explain, contextualize and assess key critical interpretations, perspectives, developments and debates in Latina/o popular cultural studies. A vitally engaging and informative volume, this compliation of wide-ranging case studies in Latina/o pop culture phenomena encourages scholars and students to view Latina/o pop culture within the broader study of global popular culture. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Contributors: Stacey Alex, Cecilia Aragon, Mary Beltrán, William A. Calvo-Quirós, Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Nicholas Centino, Ben Chappell, Fabio Chee, Osvaldo Cleger, David A. Colón, Marivel T. Danielson, Laura Fernández, Camilla Fojas, Kathryn M. Frank, Enrique García, Christopher González, Rachel González-Martin, Matthew David Goodwin, Ellie D. Hernandez, Jorge Iber, Guisela Latorre, Stephanie Lewthwaite, Richard Alexander Lou, Stacy I. Macías, Desirée Martin, Paloma Martínez-Cruz, Pancho McFarland, Cruz Medina, Isabel Millán, Amelia