The cultural production of Mexican identity in the United States: An examination of the Mexican threat narrative

Social Identities

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 695-707

  Aguirre Jr , Adalberto ^a   Rodriguez, Edgar ^a   Simmers, Jennifer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identifiability; Mass media; Media images; Mexican threat narrative; Racial profiling

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960666931     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2011.595209     Document Type: Article

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