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1	Performing Stereotypical Tropes on Social Media Sites: How Popular Latina Performers Reinscribe Heteropatriarchy on Instagram Cano, Ariana Arely 01 September 2018 (has links) This research analyzed three Latina social media celebrities’ self-presentations on Instagram and focused on whether or not the content they published potentially challenges or simply perpetuates stereotypical tropes of Latinas found in mainstream media. This qualitative study took an Ideological Critical approach through a textual analysis that was informed by Feminist Theory. More specifically the research focused on: What were Latina social media celebrities self-presentations on Instagram that characterize what a Latina is? How were Latina social media celebrities self-presentations different from or similar to, mainstream stereotypical tropes for Latinas? Lastly, how do the Latina social media celebrities’ self-presentations compare and contrast, what type of themes emerged? Social Networking Sites Latina Hegemony Self-Branding Ethno-National Exoticization Hypersexualization Social Media Platforms Arts and Humanities Communication Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences