America, As Seen on TV: How Television Shapes Immigrant Expectations around the

America As Seen on TV\nby Clara E. Rodriguez\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Clara E. Rodriguez\nTitle: America As Seen on TV\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Media studies: TV and society\nPublisher: New York University Press\nPublication year: 2018\nISBN-13: 9781479818525\nISBN-10: 1479818526\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFinalist, 2020 Latino Book Awards, Best Academic Themed BookThe surprising effects of American TV on global viewers As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender in ways that many find unfair and unrealistic. What happens, then, when people who grew up on Ameri.