To date, Chicano and Latino representation and participation in the American film industry have been largely ignored by film scholars. Genre criticism has been particularly oblivious to the presence of Chicanos in genres that have, at times, been constructed around a Chicano or Chicana'other'--Westerns, social problems films, and the more recent urban violence film. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.