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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786359003321

Autore

Hall Linda B (Linda Biesele), <1939->

Titolo

Dolores del Río [[electronic resource] ] : beauty in light and shade / / Linda B. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8621-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/8092

B

Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - Mexico

Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Orthography -- 1. Beauty, Celebrity, and Power in Two Cultures -- 2. Mexican Princess -- 3. Hollywood Baby Beauty -- 4. Unwelcome Triangle -- 5. Pushing the Envelope -- 6. Fame and Its Perils -- 7. Second Chance -- 8. Affair -- 9. Return -- 10. Resurrection -- 11. Diva -- 12. Icon -- Notes -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dolores del Río's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. She and her husband left Mexico in 1925, as both their well-to-do families suffered from the economic downturn that followed the Mexican Revolution. Far from being stigmatized as a woman of color, she was acknowledged as the epitome of beauty in the Hollywood of the 1920's and early 1930's. While she insisted upon her ethnicity, she was nevertheless coded white by the film industry and its fans, and she appeared for more than a decade as a romantic lead opposite white actors. Returning to Mexico in the early 1940's, she brought enthusiasm and prestige to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, becoming one of the great divas of Mexican film. With struggle and perseverance, she overcame the influence of men in both countries who hoped to dominate her, ultimately controlling her own life professionally and personally.