Reviews for Culture across Borders: Mexican Immigration and Popular Culture

The average rating for Culture across Borders: Mexican Immigration and Popular Culture based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-01 00:00:00 Thomas Kordick This book had a lot of very insightful articles on the US-Mexico border and the borderlands. I always find it fascinating to see the different points of view about the border--specifically how the United States sees it as opposed to how Mexico sees it. This book has six articles that I had to read for my film class about the borderlands. Seeing how specifically films deal with issues involved in immigration is very interesting. I enjoyed being shown examples throughout history to see how culture adapted and changed their views on immigrants and border policy. I think the most insightful article, for me, was "The Celluloid Immigrant" by Victor Alejandro Sorrell because it hits on many of the issues we still see today.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-24 00:00:00 CARL JEEMAN Very promising subject matter but disappointing results. The authors, academicians all, rely almost solely on previous writings rather than contemporary research. The result is a compendium of sources presented without vigor or originality.