Latinidad

English

Noun

Latinidad (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of latinidad
   • 2010, Isabel Molina-Guzman, Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media, →ISBN, page 4:

     That is, media signifiers of Latinidad rely on the production of familiar ethnic characteristics that communicate national origin through the use of language, dress, or music, such as the use of Spanish or salsa music to signal Latinidad. At the same time, media signifiers of Latinidad depend on phenotypic racial markers such as facial features, hair texture, and skin color.

   • 2011, Afif S. Nasreddine, Contemporary Discourses of Latinidad:

     Do these cultural texts take part in a reverse discourse against the homogenizing penchant of Latinidad?

   • 2011, Radha Sarma Hegde, Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures, →ISBN, page 53:

     Global Circulation of Hybridity Angharad N. Valdivia This chapter examines the gendered face of Latinidad as it is transported, manipulated, and articulated by popular media networks under the contemporary conditions of globality.

   • 2015, Frederick Luis Aldama, Critical Approaches to the Films of Robert Rodriguez, →ISBN, page 122:

     Instead, Rodriguez creates a cinematic storyworld where issues of Latinidad seemingly fall to quiescence in favor of the more familiar tropes of the zombie B-flick that appear to be the overt impetus for his Grindhouse collaboration with fellow director Quentin Tarantino.