Dance and the Hollywood Latina : race, sex, and stardom / Priscilla Peña Ovalle.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ovalle, Priscilla Peña, 1976-
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010 [©2011]
Series:Latinidad--transnational cultures in the United States
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans in motion pictures.
Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry.
Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States.
Race in motion pictures.
Sex in motion pictures.
Physical Description:xi, 178 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Mobilizing the Latina myth
  • Dolores Del Rio dances across the imperial color line
  • Carmen Miranda shakes it for the nation
  • Rita Hayworth and the cosmetic borders of race
  • Rita Moreno, the critically acclaimed "all-round ethnic"
  • Jennifer Lopez, racial mobility, and the new urban/Latina commodity.