Border tunnels : a media theory of the U.S.-Mexico underground /
Media theory of the United States-Mexico underground
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez.
- 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781452969770 1452969779 9781452969763 1452969760
22573/cats1220810 JSTOR
2023012201
--In mass media. --In mass media. --In mass media.
Mexican-American Border Region--In mass media. United States--Emigration and immigration.