Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands

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Hidden Chicano Cinema LATINIDAD Transnational Cultures in the United States This series publishes books that deepen and expand our knowledge and understanding of the various Latina/o populations in the United States in the context of their transnational relationships with cultures of the broader Americas. The focus is on the history and analysis of Latino cultural systems and practices in national and transnational spheres of influence from the nineteenth century to the present. The series is open to scholarship in political science, economics, anthropology, linguistics, history , cinema and television, literary and cultural studies, and popular culture and encourages interdisciplinary approaches, methods, and theories. The series grew out of discussions with faculty at the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, where an interdisciplinary emphasis is being placed on transborder and transnational dynamics. Carlos Velez-Ibañez, Series Editor, School of Transborder Studies Rodolfo F. Acuña, In the Trenches of Academe: The Making of Chicana/o Studies Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez, Zapotecs on the Move: Cultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational Perspective Marivel T. Danielson, Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production Rudy P. Guevarra Jr., Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego Lisa Jarvinen, The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood’s Shadow, – Regina M. Marchi, Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon Marci R. McMahon, Domestic Negotiations: Gender, Nation, and Self-Fashioning in U.S. Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art A. Gabriel Meléndez, Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom Luis F. B. Plascencia, Disenchanting Citizenship: Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging Maya Socolovsky, Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature: Explorations of Place and Belonging Hidden Chicano Cinema Film Dramas in the Borderlands A. GABriel MelénDez rutGers university Press new BrunswiCk, new Jersey, AnD lonDon liBrAry oF ConGress CAtAloGinG-in-PuBliCAtion DAtA Meléndez, A. Gabriel (Anthony Gabriel). Hidden Chicano cinema : film dramas in the borderlands / A. Gabriel Meléndez. pages cm. — (Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN –––– (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN –––– (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN –––– (e-book) (print) . Mexican Americans in motion pictures. . Mexican-American Border Region—In motion pictures. I. Title. PN..MM  .’—dc  A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright ©  by A. Gabriel Meléndez All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press,  Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ . The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America ...