Latinidad Identity Formation and the Mass Media Landscape

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>How can mass media be used to help construct a personal sense of <em>Latinidad</em> whilst navigating predominately white spaces?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>As the son of a Mexican immigrant man and a white American woman living in predominately white areas author </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Gabriel A. Cruz</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> shares how his identity was shaped by the socio-cultural forces of whiteness and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Latinidad</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>. Grappling with challenges of internalized racism and separation from </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Latinidad</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> Gabriel documents how he turned to mass media to help construct his Latino identity.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Latinidad Identity Formation and the Mass Media Landscape</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> details the complexities and benefits of the mass media landscape and how it can ultimately contribute to identity formation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>A journey of identity evolution from youth to adulthood this book is ideal reading for students of Latinx Studies Chicanx Studies Mass Media Studies Popular Culture Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.</span></p><p></p>