Dance and the Hollywood Latina

Dance and the Hollywood Latina
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9780813548807
ISBN-13 : 0813548802
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Book Synopsis Dance and the Hollywood Latina by : Priscilla Peña Ovalle

Download or read book Dance and the Hollywood Latina written by Priscilla Peña Ovalle and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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