Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom

This book explores the role film and television stardom has played in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging popular ethnic notions of Latina/os in the United States since the silent film era of the 1920s. In addition to documenting the importance of Latina and Latino stars to American film and television history, Mary C. Beltrán focuses on key moments in the construction of "Hollywood Latinidad" by analyzing the public images of these stars as promoted by Hollywood film studios, television networks, producers, and the performers themselves. Critically surveying the careers of such film and television stars as Dolores Del Rio, Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno, Freddie Prinze, Edward James Olmos, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Lopez, Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes also addresses the impact of the rise in Latina and Latino media producers and the current status of Latina/o stardom. 

• Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics (Latinx Pop Culture)
• Latina/os and the Media (Media and Minorities)
• Latino/a Popular Culture
• Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film and TV (Latinx Pop Culture)
• Diana and Beyond: White Femininity, National Identity, and Contemporary Media Culture
• Gender and the Media
• Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America
• Latina/os and the Media
• Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
• Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance (Texas Film and Media Studies Series)