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Introduction : mapping the place of Latinas in the U.S. media -- Saving Elián : Cubana motherhood, Latina immigration and the nation -- The disciplining of J.Lo's booty politics in tabloid news -- Becoming Frida : Latinidad and the production of Latina authenticity -- "Ugly" America dreams the American dream -- Maid in Hollywood : producing Latina labor in an anti-immigration imaginary -- Conclusion : an epilogue for dangerous curves

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