Dance and the Hollywood Latina

"What a wonderful project! This book magnificently centerstages how dance in Hollywood constitutes a cultural space in which Latina stars turn their performance into the ultimate expression of/for agency and empowerment. Let the rhythm take you over! Go girls!"

~Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Mount Holyoke College

"A well-researched, engaging book that expands our understanding of the shaping of the Hollywood Latina, and of Latinas in the national imaginary, through analysis of dance and embodiment in these dynamics."

~Mary Beltrán, author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV St

"In this fresh examination, Priscilla Peña Ovalle convincingly probes the racial dynamics and sexual politics that shape the paradoxical figure of the dancing Hollywood Latina."

~Rosa-Linda Fregoso, author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderland

"A good resource for those interested in dance, film, and media studies and in gender, race and sexualities studies. Recommended."

~Choice