4. A Mass Market for Spanish-Language Films: Los Angeles, Hybridity, and the Emergence of Latino Audiovisual Media

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. El Espectáculo: The Culture of the Revistas in Mexico City and Los Angeles, 1900–1940 31
5. 2. Ramona in the City: Mexican Los Angeles, Dolores Del Rio, and the Remaking of a Mythic Story 51
6. 3. Please Sing to Me: The Immigrant Nostalgia That Sparked the Mexican Film Industry 64
7. 4. A Mass Market for Spanish-Language Films: Los Angeles, Hybridity, and the Emergence of Latino Audiovisual Media 80
8. 5. Cantabria Films and the LA Film Market, 1938–1940 97
9. 6. A Cinema between Mexico and Hollywood: What We Can Learn from Adaptations, Remakes, Dubs, Talent Swaps, and Other Curiosities 119
10. 7. On the Nuevo Teatro Máximo de la Raza: Still Thinking, Feeling, and Speaking Spanish On-and Offscreen 138
11. Acknowledgments 159
12. Bibliography 161
13. Notes on Contributors 171
14. Index 173