Where Social Identities Converge: Latin American and Latinx Youth on Screen

Authors

Traci Roberts-Camps, University of the PacificFollow

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Document Type

Book

Department

Modern Languages & Literature

Description

Where Social Identities Converge examines adolescent girlhood as a metaphorical site in Latin American and Latinx film. Author Traci Roberts‑Camps analyzes the work of a series of female directors from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States to understand how female adolescence and young adulthood are represented in film. She argues that using an intersectional lens reveals how these directors present the image of adolescent girlhood as a site of early trauma that presages women’s lived experiences with institutional, interconnected forms of oppression. The book thus considers intersectionality through young female protagonists who represent identity struggles in Latin America and US Latinx communities. In doing so, it examines a range of genres, such as fictional film, documentary, and television miniseries. Each chapter includes a close reading of specific scenes that offer insight into the young female protagonists’ multiple identity markers and a continuous comparison between chapters.

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https://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826507204/where-social-identities-converge/

Find in WorldCat

https://search.worldcat.org/title/1450847281

ISBN

9780826507204

Publication Date

12-2024

Publisher

Vanderbilt University Press

City

Nashville, TN

First Page

1

Last Page

230

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Recommended Citation

Roberts-Camps, T. (2024). Where Social Identities Converge: Latin American and Latinx Youth on Screen. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facbooks/242