In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship

✍ Scribed by Jillian M. Báez

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 203
• Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Search of Belonging explores the ways Latina/o audiences in general, and women in particular, make sense of and engage both mainstream and Spanish-language media. Jillian M. Báez’s eye-opening ethnographic analysis draws on the experiences of a diverse group of Latinas in Chicago. In-depth interviews reveal Latinas viewing media images through a lens of citizenship. These women search for nothing less than recognition—and belonging—through representations of Latinas in films, advertising, telenovelas, and TV shows like Ugly Betty and Modern Family. Báez's personal interactions and research merge to create a fascinating portrait, one that privileges the perspectives of the women themselves as they consume media in complex, unpredictable ways.

Innovative and informed by a wealth of new evidence, In Search of Belonging answers important questions about the ways Latinas perform citizenship in today’s America.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Navigating and Negotiating Latina Beauty
2. The Importance of Space and Latina Audiences
3. Revisiting Hypersexuality
4. Intergenerational Readings
Conclusion: Consuming Citizenship and Consumer Citizens
Appendix A. Participant Demographics
Appendix B. Interview Questions
Notes
Filmogrphy
References
Index