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

Mary C. Beltran

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252034546 ISBN 13: 9780252034541

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

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. Mary Beltran 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. The book critically surveys the careers of such film and television stars as Dolores Del Rio, Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno, Freddie Prinze, Edward James Olmos, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Lopez.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

"Well researched, highly readable, and tremendously significant. This book expands our understanding of media, stardom, and Latino and multiracial identities historically and in the present day." --Diane Negra, coeditor of Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252034546
• ISBN 13: 9780252034541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224