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  Bridges, Tunnels, Fences, and Moats: Border Visual Metaphors in The Bridge (TV series, FX, 2013)

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  Hector Amaya University of Virginia

  February 18, 2015

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  the possibilities of entering or exiting. Borders, particularly the border between USA and Mexico, ... present a rich array of possibilities for crossing. Some of these possibilities are found in the TV show ... backdrop of economic exploitation made possible by neoliberal understandings of free trade, this popular ...
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  She is Me: Gender, Immigration, and Economics in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

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  Sarah Van Deusen Phillips Center for Research Libraries--Global Resources Network

  November 10, 2009

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  a discussion of how it affects economics on our side of the border: Minutemen say that Mexicans steal our jobs, ...
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  Hmong Bollywood

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  Jigna Desai University of Minnesota

  April 18, 2008

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  transnationalism Curator's Note Is it possible to be a diaspora without a “homeland” cinema or media? What ...
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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India immigration Desi Curator's Note In this video titled, "You are not an Indian," a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American ...
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  Latinidad and Reflections of the Border in “The Mandalorian”

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  Anthony R. Ramirez Texas A&M University

  October 22, 2020

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  Latinidad Latinx identity border immigration Curator's Note Disney+’s The Mandalorian is a side story ...
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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  October 31, 2007

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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment Youtube race immigration politics elections scandal Liberty 9500 Virginia Curator's Note Forget Iraq. For those surprised by the effectiveness and overwhelming dominance of the gay marriage issue in motiva ...
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  Immigration in SVU

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  Jocelyn Gómez Dominican University of California

  June 04, 2020

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  Immigration in SVU Law and Order SVU TV crime drama immigration Curator's Note “There are no conspiracies in this regard except the conspiracy of a system set in motion to operate like a time machine moving inexorably ahead. Thus we stereotype others ...
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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos

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  Joseph Straubhaar University of Texas at Austin

  November 13, 2007

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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos immigration Latinos Los Lobos memory music video Youtube Curator's Note This video reminds me of my own process of discovery about Latino culture. I grew up in a small farming town in rural Southwest Idaho with severa ...
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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  November 12, 2007

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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo transnationalism sexism race patriarchy music video Latinos Kinto Sol immigration hip hop demographics consumer citizenship Curator's Note Latina/o media and popular culture is in a moment ...
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  El Cazador de la Ciudadana

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  Dana Heller Old Dominion University

  March 10, 2009

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  El Cazador de la Ciudadana immigration slash fiction El Cazador de la Inmigrantes, anime queer citizenship Curator's Note El Cazador de la Ciudadana (The Hunter of the Citizen)   I am using this week’s theme to call attention to the ways in which que ...