{"product_id":"from-bananas-to-buttocks-9780292714939","title":"From Bananas to Buttocks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first extensive study of the representation of the Latina body in U.S. popular culture, from “Latin bombshell” Carmen Miranda in the 1940s to Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Embodying \"Latinidad\": An Overview (Myra Mendible)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection One. Case Studies: Silent and Classic Film Era \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Film Viewing in Latino Communities, 1896-1934: Puerto Rico as Microcosm (Clara E. Rodríguez)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Lupe Vélez: Queen of the B's (Rosa Linda Fregoso)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Lupe Vélez Regurgitated: Cautionary, Indigestion-Causing Ruminations on \"Mexicans\" in \"American\" Toilets Perpetrated While Covetously Screening \"Veronica\" (William A. Nericcio)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection Two. Performing Bodies: Contemporary Film and Music Media \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Celia's Shoes (Frances Negrón-Muntaner)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Salma Hayek's \u003ci\u003eFrida\u003c\/i\u003e: Transnational Latina Bodies in Popular Culture (Isabel Molina Guzmán)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Is Penelope to J.Lo as Culture Is to Nature? Eurocentric Approaches to \"Latin\" Beauties (Angharad Valdivia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Jennifer Lopez: The New Wave of Border Crossing (Tara Lockhart)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. \"There's My Territory\": Shakira Crossing Over (Cynthia Fuchs)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. \"Hey, Killer\": The Construction of a Macho Latina, or the Perils and Enticements of \u003ci\u003eGirlfight\u003c\/i\u003e (Karen R. Tolchin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection Three. Sensational Bodies: Discourses of Latina Femininity \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. On the Semiotics of \u003ci\u003eLorena Bobbitt\u003c\/i\u003e (Charla Ogaz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Disorderly Bodies and Discourses of Latinidad in the Elián González Story (Isabel Molina Guzmán)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The Body in Question: The Latina Detective in the Lupe Solano Mystery Series (Ana Patricia Rodríguez)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. La Princesa Plástica: Hegemonic and Oppositional Representations of \u003ci\u003eLatinidad\u003c\/i\u003e in Hispanic Barbie (Karen Goldman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. \u003ci\u003eChusmas, Chismes, y Escándalos\u003c\/i\u003e: Latinas Talk Back to \u003ci\u003eEl Show de Cristina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLaura en América\u003c\/i\u003e (Viviana Rojas)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400851333463,"sku":"9780292714939","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292714939.jpg?v=1730471741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-bananas-to-buttocks-9780292714939","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}