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    • Title:Hispanic Americans [electronic resource (video)] : second generation / M.G. Perin (Firm)
    • Published/Created:New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c1995.
    • Physical Description:1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
    • Links:Streaming video
    • Yale Holdings

       
    • Local Notes:Access is available to the Yale community.
    • Notes:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Oct. 13, 2006.
      Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
      Title from distributor's description.
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • Summary:Hosted by actor Jimmy Smits, this program examines how second-generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of famous and everyday Hispanic Americans are interviewed, including pop film director Richard Rodriquez. Hispanics from doctors and police officers to comedians, fashion designers, and rock stars discuss the continuing role of family, and the ongoing battles with ethnic stereotyping.
    • Variant and related titles:Second generation
      Films on demand.
    • Other formats:Originally produced: M.G. Perin (Firm), 1995
    • Format:Visual Material
    • Series:The Hispanic Americans
      Hispanic Americans (Princeton, N.J.)
    • System details note:Mode of access: Internet.
      System requirements: FOD playback platform.
    • Audience:11 & up.
    • Contents:Multicultural American Experience (5:09) -- Latino Pop Culture in America (5:39) -- Latino Role Models and Entertainers (4:35) -- Hispanic Pop Culture in America (4:32) -- Hispanic Moral Codes and Sexual Openness (3:36) -- Hispanic Double Standard: Sex and the Catholic Church (5:15) -- Language and Heritage: Hispanics in America (5:34) -- Future of Hispanics in America (6:02)
    • Subjects:Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs.
    • Genre/Form:Educational films.
      Internet videos.
    • Also listed under:Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
      Infobase.
      M.G. Perin (Firm)