Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.

• 主要作者: Goh, Dianne.
• 其他作者: Daniel Keith Jernigan
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2011
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42817
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

By victimizing the United States and demonizing Mexico, Hollywood films such as Traffic and Man on Fire create stereotypes of Mexicans based on the drug trade and corruption in Mexico so the United States can define its identity and become Mexico’s saviour. This essay will point out how Hollywood is...