Picturing the barrio : ten Chicano photographers /

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"Mexican-American life, like that of nearly every contemporary community, has been extensively photographed. Yet there is surprisingly little scholarship on Chicano photography. Picturing the Barrio presents the first book-length examination on the topic. David William Foster analyzes the image...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foster, David William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Series:Latino and Latin American profiles.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions > Pictorial works.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity > Pictorial works.
Mexican American neighborhoods > Pictorial works.
Community life > United States > Pictorial works.
Mexican American photographers > Biography.
Documentary photography > United States.
Photography, Artistic.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Mœurs et coutumes > Ouvrages illustrés.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Conditions sociales > Ouvrages illustrés.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Ouvrages illustrés.
Communauté > États-Unis > Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie documentaire > États-Unis.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Criticism.
Community life.
Documentary photography.
Mexican American neighborhoods.
Mexican American photographers.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs.
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Pictorial works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Part I. The Barrio: A Chicano Anchor; 1. Barrio Lives: Ricardo Valverde's East Los Angeles Photography; 2. Photography & Nostalgia: The Touched-Up Images of Kathy Vargas; 3. Los Angeles & Other Alien Lands: Harry Gamboa Jr.'s Photography of Urban Exile; 4. Barrios & the Visibility of Enduring Lives: Louis Carlos Bernal; Part II. Individual Subjectivities; 5. Woman's Body & Other Objects of Nature: The Nude Photography of Laura Aguilar; 6. On the Homosociality of Vatos: José Galvez; Part III. Chicano Cultural Perspectives.
  • 7. Mariachi & the Public Display of the Chicano Soul: Miguel A. Gandert8. Lowriders & the Ostentation of Chicano Masculinity: Art Meza; 9. Gendering the Fight: Delilah Montoya's Women Boxers; 10. Strategic Dissemblance in the Photography of Ken Gonzales-Day: Mexican Men and Lynching in California; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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