A Latina in the land of Hollywood and other essays on media culture / Angharad N. Valdivia.

Author/creator Valdivia, Angharad N.
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2000.
Descriptionx, 206 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Women in popular culture--United States.
Women in mass media--United States.
Minority women--United States.
Hispanic American women.
Mass media and minorities--United States.

Contents Theorizing frustration : media culture and gendered identities -- Girl culture : we must continue to revisit it / with Rhiannon S. Bettivia -- Clueless in Hollywood : single moms in contemporary family movies -- Visions of desire : class and femininity in lingerie ads -- A Latina in the land of Hollywood : transgressive possibilities -- Gendered silence and resistance : Rigoberta Menchú reaches the global arena -- Xuxa! : can Latin Americans be blonde or can the United States tolerate a Latin American? / with Ramona Curry -- Women of color in the audience : reception analysis meets frustration theory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index.
LCCN 99006622
ISBN0816519331 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0816519358 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1421 .V35 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold