INVESTIGADORES
MATO Daniel Alejandro
artículos
Título:
Problems in the Making of Representations of All-Encompassing U.S. Latina/o-Latin American Transnational Identities
Autor/es:
DANIEL MATO
Revista:
The Latino Review of Books
Editorial:
StateUniversity of New York at Albany
Referencias:
Lugar: Albany, New York, Estados Unidos; Año: 1997 vol. 3 p. 2 - 7
ISSN:
1088-3851
Resumen:
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The making of representations of all
encompassing U.S.
Latina/o-"Latin"American identities is a complex issue that involves
the practices of innumerable social agents. It may be addressed from several
ends, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say knots. I will begin by
that of the mass media and entertainment industries. These industries jointly
with other transnational corporations are increasingly addressing
"us," or what they name "Hispanos," or "Latinos,"
o "la gran familia latina," etc., as if we ---those from here, there,
and over there--- were a large and undifferentiated population. Moreover, some
transnational corporations are increasingly hiring both U.S. Hispanic
executives to represent their interests in Latin America, as well as upper and
middle class professionals from Latin America to fulfill the "quotas"
of "Hispanics" of their staff
in the U.S., a practice this
latter that is also familiar to some U.S. universities.
