TY - BOOK AU - Llamas-Rodriguez,Juan TI - Border tunnels: a media theory of the U.S.-Mexico underground SN - 9781452969770 AV - P96.M49 L55 2023 PY - 2023///] CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Border crossing KW - In mass media KW - Borderlands KW - Tunnels KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Mexican-American Border Region KW - United States KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3578501 ER -