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9%OFFMyra Mendible - From Bananas to Buttocks - 9780292714939 - V9780292714939
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From Bananas to Buttocks

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Description for From Bananas to Buttocks Paperback. Offers a look at the construction and representation of Latina identity in US popular culture. This title considers such popular figures as actresses Lupe Velez, Salma Hayek, and Jennifer Lopez; singers Shakira and Celia Cruz; and even the Hispanic Barbie doll in her many guises. Editor(s): Mendible, Myra. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 596.

From the exuberant excesses of Carmen Miranda in the "tutti frutti hat" to the curvaceous posterior of Jennifer Lopez, the Latina body has long been a signifier of Latina/o identity in U.S. popular culture. But how does this stereotype of the exotic, erotic Latina "bombshell" relate, if at all, to real Latina women who represent a wide spectrum of ethnicities, national origins, cultures, and physical appearances? How are ideas about "Latinidad" imagined, challenged, and inscribed on Latina bodies? What racial, class, and other markers of identity do representations of the Latina body signal or reject?

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292714939
SKU
V9780292714939
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Myra Mendible
Myra Mendible is Professor in the Interdisciplinary Studies and English programs at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

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