Title Border tunnels : a media theory of the U.S.-Mexico underground / Juan Llamas-Rodriguez

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction : a media theory of the border tunnel -- TV news and spectacle -- Reality TV and performativity -- Digital animation and plasticity -- First-person shooters and racialization -- Speculative design and sustainability -- Conclusion : media theory from the border tunnel Summary "Analyzing the technologies, institutional politics, narrative tropes, and aesthetic decisions that go into showing border tunnels across multiple forms of media, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez argues that we cannot properly address border issues without attending to-and fully understanding-the fraught relationship between their representation and reality"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2023) Subject Border crossing -- In mass media Borderlands -- In mass media Tunnels -- In mass media SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies Emigration and immigration Mass media SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- In mass media United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2023012201 ISBN 9781452969770 1452969779 9781452969763 1452969760

Other Titles Media theory of the United States-Mexico underground

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