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

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Goh, Dianne.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Daniel Keith Jernigan
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2011
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42817

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...