Latinos and American Popular Culture

Patricia M. Montilla, PhD, is associate professor of Spanish at Western Michigan University. She specializes in contemporary Spanish-American poetry and U.S. Latino literature and culture. Montilla holds a doctorate in romance languages and literature from the University of Chicago.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPatricia M. Montilla1. A Mainstream Dream: Latinas/os on Prime-time TelevisionTanya González2. Representing Latinidad in Children's Television: What Are the Kids Watching?Erynn Masi de Casanova3. Spanish-Language and Latino/a-Oriented TelevisionKenton T. Wilkinson4. The Significance of U.S. Spanish-Language RadioMari Castañeda5. Piolín por la Mañana, an Important Site of Mojarra PedagogyLuis Loya García6. Latino Representations in Film: From the Latin Lover to the Latin BoomRaúl Rosales Herrera7. Say Hello to My Little Friends: Nonhumans as Latinos in U.S. Feature Films for ChildrenStacy Hoult-Saros8. A Look at Latino TheaterElsa Bennett9. Representations of Latino/as in Musical Theater and Theater for Young AudiencesRoxanne Schroeder-Arce10. Critical Cacophony: Notes on the Reception of Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"Karen A. Secrist11. øQué Onda? "What's Happening?"—Chicano Art in Twenty-First-Century AmericaGeorge Vargas12. The Latino Novel in the Twenty-First CenturyPatricia M. Montilla13. Latino Children's Literature: An OverviewElia Michelle Lafuente14. The Latino Béisbol Experience in the United StatesAnthony Salazar15. Latino Baseball Players in the Media: Or What Do Two Dominicans, a Mexican, and a Venezuelan Have in Common?Ryan King-White16. Rings for Mexican Political Corruption and Nationalism: Lucha Libre and BoxingMartín Camps17. Latinos in Major League and National SoccerAnthony Moretti18. The Irony of Brown Pride: A Visual and Cultural Analysis of the Latino Presence in the NFL and NBA as Players and ConsumersC. Keith Harrison and Liberato Mukul19. Feeding a Latino Identity: Latino Foodways and Culture in the United StatesAndrew Gordus20. Los expertos hablan: Constructing Latina Identity in Popular Women's MagazinesAngela Marie PostigoAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

Accessible to readers with little prior knowledge, this book includes everything from performance art to the music of Cuban American singer Pitbull, from musical youth theater to baseball and lucha fibre. Most readers will find something of interest in its pages. Summing Up: Recommended.