Llamas-Rodriguez, Juan,

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.


Electronic books.

P96.M49 / L55 2023