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Latinas in Popular Culture explores the way Latina representations have exploded onto mainstream popular culture--and into American consciousness.

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“It is destined to quickly become a landmark text and valuable archival resource for all scholars of media and popular culture, regardless of specialization, but will be of particular interest to those with interests in Latina/o/x Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Girl Studies, and Disney Studies.” - Global Media Journal –German Edition, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Autumn/Winter 2021



Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

1 Continuities and Ruptures: The Gender of Latinidad 1

2 Spitfire Transition Tales: The Production of a Career 25

3 An Unambivalent Structure of Ambivalence: Disney’s Production of Latina Princesses 73

4 Latina/o Media Utopias: The Ideal Place or No Place 117

References 163

Index 183

The Gender of Latinidad

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 6 February 2020
      ISBN-13 9781405163385
      978-1405163385
      ISBN-10 1405163380
      Also in:
      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Media studies Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Latinas in Popular Culture explores the way Latina representations have exploded onto mainstream popular culture--and into American consciousness.

      Trade Review

      “It is destined to quickly become a landmark text and valuable archival resource for all scholars of media and popular culture, regardless of specialization, but will be of particular interest to those with interests in Latina/o/x Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Girl Studies, and Disney Studies.” - Global Media Journal –German Edition, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Autumn/Winter 2021



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments ix

      1 Continuities and Ruptures: The Gender of Latinidad 1

      2 Spitfire Transition Tales: The Production of a Career 25

      3 An Unambivalent Structure of Ambivalence: Disney’s Production of Latina Princesses 73

      4 Latina/o Media Utopias: The Ideal Place or No Place 117

      References 163

      Index 183

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