Latinx Digital Memory: Identity Making in Real Time

Latinx Digital Memory: Identity Making in Real Time

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 collu...

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Main Author: Melissa Villa-Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-11-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119862643
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spelling doaj-80d1b184761f4af48f01cf15c35cf6a22020-11-25T03:35:51ZengSAGE PublishingSocial Media + Society2056-30512019-11-01510.1177/2056305119862643Latinx Digital Memory: Identity Making in Real TimeMelissa Villa-NicholasRecently, 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119862643
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description 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.
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