Dance and the Hollywood Latina : Race, Sex, and Stardom

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Dance and the Hollywood Latina asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history began as a dancer or danced onscreen. Introducing the concepts of "inbetween-ness" and "racial mobility" to further illuminate how racialized sexuality and the dancing female body operate in film, this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ovalle, Priscilla Peña
Other Authors: Ovalle, Priscilla Pena
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex in motion pictures.
Race in motion pictures.
Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry.
Hispanic Americans in motion pictures.
Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Sexualite au cinema.
Race au cinema.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine dans l'industrie cinematographique.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine au cinema.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Dance and the Hollywood Latina asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history began as a dancer or danced onscreen. Introducing the concepts of "inbetween-ness" and "racial mobility" to further illuminate how racialized sexuality and the dancing female body operate in film, this book focuses on the careers of Dolores Del Rio, Rita Hayworth, Carmen Miranda, Rita Moreno, and Jennifer Lopez and helps readers better understand how the United States grapples with race, gender, and sexuality through dancing bodies on screen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (194 pages).
ISBN:9780813548814

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