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Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance
Brian Eugenio Herrera
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Description for Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance
Paperback. Examines the way in which Latino actors on the 20th century stage and screen communicated and influenced American ideas about race and ethnicity. Brian Eugenio Herrera looks at how these performances and performers contributed to American popular understanding of Latinos as a distinct racial and ethnic group. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; APF; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Latin Numbers is a work of performance history, examining the way in which Latino actors on the 20th century stage and screen communicated and influenced American ideas about race and ethnicity. Brian Eugenio Herrera looks at how these performances and performers contributed to American popular understanding of Latinos as a distinct racial and ethnic group. His book tracks the conspicuously “Latin” musical number; the casting of Latino actors; the history of West Side Story; how Latina/o performers confront stereotypes; and the proliferation of the gay Latino character in the AIDS era. With a flair for storytelling and a unique ability ... Read more
Latin Numbers is a work of performance history, examining the way in which Latino actors on the 20th century stage and screen communicated and influenced American ideas about race and ethnicity. Brian Eugenio Herrera looks at how these performances and performers contributed to American popular understanding of Latinos as a distinct racial and ethnic group. His book tracks the conspicuously “Latin” musical number; the casting of Latino actors; the history of West Side Story; how Latina/o performers confront stereotypes; and the proliferation of the gay Latino character in the AIDS era. With a flair for storytelling and a unique ability ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472052646
SKU
V9780472052646
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About Brian Eugenio Herrera
Brian Eugenio Herrera is Assistant Professor of Theater at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, USA.
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