{"product_id":"dance-and-the-hollywood-latina-priscilla-peza-ovalle-9780813548814","title":"Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom","description":"\u003ci\u003eDance and the Hollywood Latina\u003c\/i\u003e asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history, from Dolores Del Rio in the 1920s to Jennifer Lopez in the 2000s, began as a dancer or danced onscreen. While cinematic depictions of women and minorities have seemingly improved, a century of representing brown women as natural dancers has popularized the notion that Latinas are inherently passionate and promiscuous. Yet some Latina actresses became stars by embracing and manipulating these stereotypical fantasies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing the concepts of \"inbetween-ness\" and \"racial mobility\" to further illuminate how racialized sexuality and the dancing female body operate in film, Priscilla Pe a Ovalle focuses on the careers of Dolores Del Rio, Rita Hayworth, Carmen Miranda, Rita Moreno, and Jennifer Lopez. \u003ci\u003eDance and the Hollywood Latina\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers better understand how the United States grapples with race, gender, and sexuality through dancing bodies on screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Priscilla Peña Ovalle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813548810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813548814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011","brand":"Priscilla Peña Ovalle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795337072895,"sku":"9780813548814","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec314afb-59c0-4b4a-919f-7251d04213bc.jpg?v=1744947293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dance-and-the-hollywood-latina-priscilla-peza-ovalle-9780813548814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}