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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Embodying Latinidad: An Overview 1
4. Section One. Case Studies: Silent and Classic Film Era
5. 1. Film Viewing in Latino Communities, 1896–1934: Puerto Rico as Microcosm 31
6. 2. Lupe Vélez: Queen of the B’s 51
7. 3. Lupe Vélez Regurgitated: Cautionary, Indigestion-Causing Ruminations on “Mexicans” in “American” Toilets Perpetrated While Covetously Screening “Veronica” 69
8. Section Two. Performing Bodies: Contemporary Film and Music Media
9. 4. Celia’s Shoes 95
10. 5. Salma Hayek’s Frida: Transnational Latina Bodies in Popular Culture 117
11. 6. Is Penélope to J.Lo as Culture Is to Nature? Eurocentric Approaches to “Latin” Beauties 129
12. 7. Jennifer Lopez: The New Wave of Border Crossing 149
13. 8. “There’s My Territory”: Shakira Crossing Over 167
14. 9. “Hey, Killer”: The Construction of a Macho Latina, or the Perils and Enticements of Girlfight 183
15. Section Three . Sensational Bodies: Discourses of Latina Femininity
16. 10. On the Semiotics of Lorena Bobbit 201
17. 11. Disorderly Bodies and Discourses of Latinidad in the Elián González Story 219
18. 12. The Body in Question: The Latina Detective in the Lupe Solano Mystery Series 243
19. 13. La Princesa Plástica: Hegemonic and Oppositional Representations of Latinidad in Hispanic Barbie 263
20. 14. Chusmas, Chismes, y Escándalos: Latinas Talk Back to El Show de Cristina and Laura en América 279
21. Contributors 311
22. Index 315