Michele
The book meXicana Encounters, The Making of Social Identities on the Borderlands by Rosa Linda Fregoso is a serious critique of the portrayal of Latinas in film in the present as well as the past. The author delves deep to examine Latina characters, their identities, how they are “othered” by dominant white society, and what they represent to society. After some difficulty getting into the book, I found it very readable. I came to appreciate the author’s writing style: in spite of it containing many higher level vocabulary words, the way the she wrote was helpful and repetitive in a good way, which enabled me to follow the text and its arguments better. I like how she makes critical film review more accessible.