These essays represent a selection of writing on how Latinos have been portrayed in American films, television and other media since the early years of the 20th century, and how images have changed over time in response to social and political change.
This book examines the contexts into which Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States stepped, and the results of their interaction within those contexts. It focuses mainly on New York City, essentially a social history of the post-World War II Puerto Rican community.