03743nam 2200709Ia 450 991082296830332120200520144314.00-8147-9606-00-8147-5954-81-4416-3823-710.18574/9780814759547(CKB)2520000000007947(EBL)865695(OCoLC)779828193(SSID)ssj0000336480(PQKBManifestationID)11258440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336480(PQKBWorkID)10282871(PQKB)10928705(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326154(MiAaPQ)EBC865695(OCoLC)647835901(MdBmJHUP)muse4855(DE-B1597)546953(DE-B1597)9780814759547(Au-PeEL)EBL865695(CaPaEBR)ebr10356705(OCoLC)1178769861(EXLCZ)99252000000000794720090925d2010 uh 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDangerous curves Latina bodies in the media /Isabel Molina-Guzman1st ed.New York New York University Press20101 online resource (266 p.)Critical cultural communicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-5736-7 0-8147-5735-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.Critical cultural communication.Hispanic American women in mass mediaPopular cultureUnited StatesMass media and minoritiesUnited StatesHispanic American women in mass media.Popular cultureMass media and minorities302.2308968/073Molina-Guzman Isabel0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822968303321Dangerous curves3954898UNINA