NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Svenningsen, Karen – 1990
This paper presents a history of motion pictures that focuses on how motion pictures, from 1894 to the present, have portrayed Latins. The role that Hollywood has played in the perpetuation of stereotypes is illustrated. There is an explanation of how film has illuminated a world beyond everyday experiences and has introduced the movie-goer to new…
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Stereotypes, Film Industry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Forbes, Jack D. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1990
Discusses the historical plight of African Americans, Native Americans, and those of mixed ancestry in their fight against stereotyping, racism, and prejudice, and their fight for the right to self-identification and self-definition in the United States. Considers the various classifications of different races and the reasons for these…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Caste, Ethnic Stereotypes
Boswell, Thomas D.; Curtis, James R. – 1984
This book is a discussion of the major social, economic, political, and geographical topics relating to Cuban settlement and culture in the United States. First, the book examines Cubans as an ethnic minority, as well as some of the events and people that have helped shape the popular images that Americans may have of this group. The focus then…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Art Expression, Cubans, Demography