Greasers and gringos : Latinos, law, and the American imagination / Steven W. Bender.
Although the origin of the term "greaser" is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser's Revenge (1914) and The Girl and the Greaser (1913) with villainous title characters, to John Steinbeck's portrayals of Latinos as lazy, drunken, and...
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| Summary: | Although the origin of the term "greaser" is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser's Revenge (1914) and The Girl and the Greaser (1913) with villainous title characters, to John Steinbeck's portrayals of Latinos as lazy, drunken, and shiftless in his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, to the image of violent, criminal, drug-using gang members of East LA, negative stereotypes of Latinos/as have been plentiful in American popular culture far before Latinos/as became the most populous minority group in the U.S. In Greasers and Gringos, Steven W. Bender exami. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417568674 9781417568673 9780814739440 081473944X 9780814798874 081479887X |