Salvadoran imaginaries : mediated identities and cultures of consumption /

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Accessible and beautifully written, Rivas examines how El Salvador's post-war identity has been transformed by communication technologies, journalistic narratives of migratory experiences, and the complex relationships between private and public spaces of consumption and belonging. This book sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rivas, Cecilia M., 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Latinidad.
Subjects:
Salvadoran Americans > Social conditions.
Transnationalism.
Américains d'origine salvadorienne > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Emigration and immigration
Transnationalism
El Salvador > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
El Salvador
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : imaginaries of transnationalism
  • Tracing the borderless in "Departamento 15"
  • The desperate images
  • Vega's disgust
  • Exporting voices : aspirations and fluency in the call center
  • Heart of the city : life and spaces of consumption in San Salvador
  • Conclusion : renewing narratives of connection and distance.

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