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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784104003321

Autore

Hershfield Joanne <1950->

Titolo

The invention of Dolores del Rio [[electronic resource] /] / Joanne Hershfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8166-9059-6

0-8166-5282-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/028/092

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Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - Mexico

Minorities in the motion picture industry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Inventing Dolores del Río; 2. Race and Romance; 3. Uncomfortably Real; 4. "Nuestra Dolores"; 5. Mexico Is a State of Mind; 6. Race on the Range; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Invention of Dolores del Río explores the intersection of ethnicity, gender, and stardom in American popular culture through the lens of del Río's successful and unusually lengthy career, which included international stardom and work with Hollywood's top directors and leading men.