Latina/o stars in U.S. eyes : the making and meanings of film and TV stardom / Mary C. Beltrán.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beltrán, Mary C.
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:	Hispanic Americans in motion pictures. Hispanic Americans on television. Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses > Biography. Hispanic American television actors and actresses > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:	Latina stars in U.S. eyes. Latino stars in U.S. eyes.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Latin lovers and American accents : Dolores Del Rio and Hollywood's transition to sound
The good neighbor on prime time : Desi Arnaz and I love Lucy
A fight for "dignity and integrity" : Rita Moreno in Hollywood's post-war era
The burden of playing Chico : Freddie Prinze and Latino stardom in television's era of "relevance"
The face of the "decade" : Edward James Olmos and Latino films of the 1980s
Crossing over the Latina body : Jennifer Lopez and the 1990s "Latin wave"
Ethnic ambiguity in the era of Dark angels : Jessica Alba and mixed Latina/o trends.