{"product_id":"border-tunnels-a-media-theory-of-the-u-s-mexico-underground-hardback-9781517914288","title":"Border Tunnels; A Media Theory of the U.S.-Mexico Underground (Hardback) 9781517914288","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBorder Tunnels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Media Theory of the U.S.-Mexico Underground\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJuan Llamas-Rodriguez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517914288\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 80 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Don’t miss this provocative and impressive study of the mediated imaginings and construction of the U.S.–Mexico border. Juan Llamas-Rodriguez’s \u003ci\u003eBorder Tunnels\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original and illuminating investigation of the complex and intertwined subjects of U.S.–Mexico relations, media narratives and video games that focus on border security, and the political rhetoric of marginalization.\" -Mary BeltrÁn, author of \u003ci\u003eLatino TV: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Juan Llamas-Rodriguez pushes the limits of media theory to help us think about borders, tunnels, and the complex social and material interrelations that define the U.S.–Mexico border. Subtle, creative, and theoretically sophisticated, \u003ci\u003eBorder Tunnels\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to look at these material structures as media, as social organizers crafted by popular culture, policy, myth, engineering, and surveillance technologies.\" -Hector Amaya, author of \u003ci\u003eTrafficking: Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comparative media analysis of the representation of the U.S.–Mexico border\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e Border tunnels at the U.S.–Mexico border are ubiquitous in news, movies, and television, yet, because they remain hidden and inaccessible, the public can encounter them only through media. Analyzing the technologies, institutional politics, narrative tropes, and aesthetic decisions that go into showing border tunnels across multiple forms of media, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez argues that we cannot properly address border issues without attending to-and fully understanding-the fraught relationship between their representation and reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Llamas-Rodriguez reveals that every media text about border tunnels, whether meant for entertainment, cable news, video games, or speculative design, implicitly takes a position on the politics of the border. The examples laid out in \u003ci\u003eBorder Tunnels\u003c\/i\u003e will teach readers how to look differently at the border as it is commonly presented in various forms of media, from ABC’s \u003ci\u003eNightline\u003c\/i\u003e and CNN’s \u003ci\u003eAnderson Cooper 360º \u003c\/i\u003eto reality TV, propaganda videos, and even digital effects in Hollywood action films. Llamas-Rodriguez examines how creative decisions in the production, promotion, and distribution of these media texts either emphasize or downplay issues such as border security, racial dynamics of migration, and sustainability of the borderlands.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Focusing on tunnels to show how media representations can influence all kinds of audiences-even those physically near the border-\u003ci\u003eBorder Tunnels\u003c\/i\u003e helps us make sense of this pressing social issue, ultimately advancing understanding of the U.S.–Mexico border in all of its complexity and precariousness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: A Media Theory of the Border Tunnel \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. TV News and Spectacle \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Reality TV and Performativity \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Digital Animation and Plasticity \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. First-Person Shooters and Racialization \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Speculative Design and Sustainability \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion: Media Theory from the Border Tunnel \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619257938200,"sku":"9781517914288","price":67.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/border-tunnels-a-media-theory-of-the-u-s-mexico-underground-hardback-9781517914288","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}