The Evolution of Hollywood Latinidad

Latina/o Representation and Stardom in US Entertainment Media

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ID23636766
AuthorsMary Beltrán (0000-0003-1494-0995, corresponding author), Mary C Beltrán
Year2012
Publication date2012-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems066
OpenAlexW1603455899
ISBN9781444361506
LanguageEN
References cited18

This essay explores the evolution of Latina/o representation in Hollywood film and US television by reviewing the scholarship on Latina/o representation and stardom. The essay is structured in relation to methodological approaches and tropes that have emerged and become fundamental to the field of study as it has evolved. The sections below are organized to hone in on the themes of (1) Latina/o visibility and stereotypes; (2) racialization and the privileging of particular “Latin looks”; (3) constructions of Latinidad and related questions of authenticity; (4) hybridity and transnationalism; (5) self‐representation and Latina/o participation within the mainstream media industries; and (6) recent hypervisibility and other contemporary trends. It concludes by addressing the multiple implications of today's hypervisibility of Latina/o actors and calls for further in‐depth study of such multivalent representation and its impact.

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Hollywood · Hybridity · Latin Americans · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Racialization · Relation (database) · Representation (politics) · Scholarship · Sociology · Transnationalism · Visibility · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Social Media and Politics

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