Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2019
Abstract
Recently, there has been an increase in cultural Latinx social media platforms, leading to a renaissance of digital visual cultural memory work around Latinidad. This work focuses on how Latinx digital memory participates in an ongoing identity formation in real time, both in resistance to and collusion with American cultural values. By looking at popular visual Latinx social media accounts, this article explores how Latinx identity is constructed and adapted in real time, through Latinx social media platforms. Three main trends are noted as arising from Latinx social media: nostalgia around Latinx identity, the corporate sponsorship of Latinx memory, and the resistance to hegemonic Latinidad narratives.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Villa-Nicholas, M. (2019). Latinx Digital Memory: Identity Making in Real Time. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119862643
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119862643
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