Latina/o Stars in U. S. Eyes The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom

Name: Latina/o Stars in U. S. Eyes The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom
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ISBN: 9780252076510

ISBN-10: 0252076516

ISBN-13: 9780252076510

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mary C. Beltran

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This book explores the role film and television stardom has played in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging popular ethnic notions of Latina/os in the United States since the silent film era of the 1920s. In addition to documenting the importance of Latina and Latino stars to American film and television history, Mary C. Beltraacute;n focuses on key moments in the construction of "Hollywood Latinidad" by analyzing the public images of these stars as promoted by Hollywood film studios, television networks, producers, and the performers themselves. Critically surveying the careers of such film and television stars as Dolores Del Rio, Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno, Freddie Prinze, Edward James…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 7/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Mary C. Beltrï¿½n is an assistant professor of Communication Arts and Chicana/o-Latino/a Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Latina and Latino Stars in U.S. Eyes



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 Postwar 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


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