Dangerous Curves : : Latina Bodies in the Media.
With images of Jennifer Lopez’s butt and America Ferrera’s smile saturating national and global culture, Latina bodies have become an ubiquitous presence. Dangerous Curves traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including...
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Dangerous Curves : Latina Bodies in the Media. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Saving Elián -- 2. Disciplining J.Lo: Booty Politics in Tabloid News -- 3. Becoming Frida -- 4. “Ugly” America Dreams the American Dream -- 5. Maid in Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star With images of Jennifer Lopez’s butt and America Ferrera’s smile saturating national and global culture, Latina bodies have become an ubiquitous presence. Dangerous Curves traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions.Isabel Molina-Guzmán maps the ways in which the Latina body is gendered, sexualized, and racialized within the United States media using a series of fascinating case studies. The book examines tabloid headlines about Jennifer Lopez’s indomitable sexuality, the contested authenticity of Salma Hayek’s portrayal of Frida Kahlo in the movie Frida, and America Ferrera’s universally appealing yet racially sublimated Ugly Betty character. Dangerous Curves carves out a mediated terrain where these racially ambiguous but ethnically marked feminine bodies sell everything from haute couture to tabloids.Through a careful examination of the cultural tensions embedded in the visibility of Latina bodies in United States media culture, Molina-Guzmán paints a nuanced portrait of the media’s role in shaping public knowledge about Latina identity and Latinidad, and the ways political and social forces shape media representations. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Hispanic American women in mass media. Mass media and minorities United States. Popular culture United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Curves. Dangerous. Latina. analyzing. audience. body. broad. culture. discussions. gossip. including. media. movies. news. online. popular. range. television. traces. visibility. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814757352 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814757352.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814759547 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814759547/original |
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