Latina/o stars in U.S. eyes
Subtitle: the makings and meanings of film stardom
By: Mary C. Beltrán.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780252034541; 9780252076510
Subjects: Hispanic Americans in motion pictures; Hispanic Americans on television; Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography; Hispanic American television actors and actresses -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Latin lovers and American accents : Dolores del Rio and Hollywood's transition to sound; title: The good neighbor on prime time : Desi Arnaz and I love Lucy; title: A fight for "dignity and integrity" : Rita Moreno in Hollywood's post-war era; title: The burden of playing Chico : Freddie Prinze and latina/o stardom in television's era of "relevance"; title: The face of the "decade" : Edward James Olmos and latino films of the eighties; title: Crossing over the latina body : Jennifer Lopez and the 1990s "latin wave"; title: Ethnic ambiguity in the era of dark angels : Jessica Alba and mixed latina/o trends.