Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom
(Part of the Latinidad Series)
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Dance and the Hollywood Latina asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history, from Dolores Del Rio in the 1920s to Jennifer Lopez in the 2000s, began as a dancer or danced onscreen. While cinematic depictions of women and minorities have seemingly improved, a century of representing brown women as natural dancers has popularized the notion that Latinas are inherently passionate and promiscuous. Yet some Latina actresses became stars by embracing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813548810
ISBN13:9780813548814
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:194 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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