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9780814757369

Dangerous Curves

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  • ISBN13:

    9780814757369

  • ISBN10:

    0814757367

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-02-01
  • Publisher: New York Univ Pr

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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 Curvestraces 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-Guzman maps the ways in which the Latina body is gendered, sexualized, and radicalized 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 movieFrida, and America Ferrera's universally appealing yet racially sublimatedUgly Bettycharacter.Dangerous Curvescarves 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-Guzman 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.

Author Biography

Isabel Molina-Guzmn is Associate Professor of Communications and Latina/o Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introduction: Mapping the Place of Latinas in the U.S. Mediap. 1
Saving Elián: Cubana Motherhood, Latina Immigration, and the Nationp. 23
Disciplining J.Lo: Booty Politics in Tabloid Newsp. 51
Becoming Frida: Latinidad and the Production of Latina Authenticityp. 87
"Ugly" America Dreams the American Dreamp. 119
Maid in Hollywood: Producing Latina Labor in an Anti-immigration Imaginaryp. 151
Conclusion: An Epilogue for Dangerous Curvesp. 175
Notesp. 183
Bibliographyp. 217
Indexp. 237
About the Authorp. 255
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