Brown Tide Rising: Metaphors of Latinos in Contemporary American Public Discourse

by Otto Santa Ana

Book Overview

2002 - Best Book on Ethnic and Racial Political Ideology and/or Political Theory - Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association

"...awash under a brown tide...the relentless flow of immigrants..like waves on a beach, these human flows are remaking the face of America...." Since 1993, metaphorical language such as this has permeated mainstream media reporting on the United States'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292777671
• ISBN13: 9780292777675
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"