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<p>With images of Jennifer Lopez’s butt and America Ferrera’s smile saturating national and global culture, Latina bodies have become an ubiquitous presence. <b>Dangerous Curves</b> traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions.</p> <p>Isabel Molina-Guzmán maps the ways in which the Latina body is gendered, sexualized, and racialized within the United States media using a series of fascinating case studies. The book examines tabloid headlines about Jennifer Lopez’s indomitable sexuality, the contested authenticity of Salma Hayek’s portrayal of Frida Kahlo in the movie <i>Frida</i>, and America Ferrera’s universally appealing yet racially sublimated <i>Ugly Betty</i> character. <b>Dangerous Curves</b> carves out a mediated terrain where these racially ambiguous but ethnically marked feminine bodies sell everything from haute couture to tabloids.</p> <p>Through a careful examination of the cultural tensions embedded in the visibility of Latina bodies in United States media culture, Molina-Guzmán paints a nuanced portrait of the

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Author

Isabel Molina-Guzmán

Publisher

New York University Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814759547

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Psychology