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 and manipulating these stereotypical fantasies. Introducing the concepts of inbetween-ness and racial mobility to further illuminate how racialized sexuality and the dancing female body operate in film, Priscilla Pena Ovalle focuses on the careers of Dolores Del Rio, Rita Hayworth, Carmen Miranda, Rita Moreno, and Jennifer Lopez. Dance and the Hollywood Latina helps readers better understand how the United States grapples with race, gender, and sexuality through dancing bodies on screen.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13
9780813548814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95814129
Product Key Features
Author
Priscilla Pena Ovalle
Publication Name
Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex and Stardom
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Zoology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
369g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Priscilla Pena Ovalle
Series Title
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States