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The invention of Dolores del Rio / Joanne Hershfield.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hershfield, Joanne, 1950-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion picture actors and actresses--Mexico--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Minorities in the motion picture industry--United States.
Minorities in the motion picture industry.
Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983.
Del Rio, Dolores.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (183 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Invention of Dolores del Río explores the intersection of ethnicity, gender, and stardom in American popular culture through the lens of del Río's successful and unusually lengthy career, which included international stardom and work with Hollywood's top directors and leading men.
Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Inventing Dolores del Río; 2. Race and Romance; 3. Uncomfortably Real; 4. "Nuestra Dolores"; 5. Mexico Is a State of Mind; 6. Race on the Range; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-9059-6
0-8166-5282-1
OCLC:
191818089

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