Dangerous Curves : Latina Bodies in the Media / Isabel Molina-Guzman.
Molina-Guzman, Isabel, author.
2010
P94.5.W652 U665 2016
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Title Dangerous Curves : Latina Bodies in the Media / Isabel Molina-Guzman.
Author Molina-Guzman, Isabel, author.
ISBN 9780814759547
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814757352.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814757352.001.0001 doi
Call Number P94.5.W652 U665 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.2308968073
Summary 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.
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Series Critical Cultural Communication ; ; 5
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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
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