Clara E. Rodríguez

English

This article focuses on Dolores del R?o and Lupe V?lez, contextualing their film careers in relation to their reception by their audiences. It focuses on how, despite their generally opposite media representations and personas, they had much in common because they functioned within very similar politic-economic contexts. Contributing to their commonalities was the film industry"s role in casting and representing them in a manner that reflected the hyper-sexuality attributed to Latinas, but in a "palatable" -for the times- way. Despite different career paths, both were personally involved in transnational circuits, confronted issues of work autonomy, accomodation, resistance, control, and were pressured to play to Hollywood stereotypes and to "represent" their communities. The author"s analysis is based on an examination of primary materials dating from 1924 to 1934, and relevant period and contemporary readings and web sources. The article underlines the relevance of their lives to contemporary Latina/o actors.Este art?culo se enfoca en Dolores del R?o y Lupe V?lez. Sus carreras se contextualizan en relaci?n con la recepci?n que tuvieron sus audiencias. El texto se centra en c?mo, a pesar de las representaciones opuestas que sobre ellas presentaron los medios y se formaban las personas, ambas ten?an mucho en com?n, puesto que funcionaron en contextos econ?micos y pol?ticos muy similares. La industria del cine contribuy? a estos aspectos en com?n al ponerlas en papeles que reflejaban la hipersexualidad atribuida a las latinas, aunque de manera agradable, congruente con la ?poca. A pesar de sus diferentes trayectorias, ambas se involucraron en circuitos transnacionales, confrontaron asuntos de autonom?a laboral, cl?usulas contractales, resistencia y control, y a las dos las presionaron para que representaran los estereotipos de Hollywood acerca de sus "comunidades". El an?lisis del autor se basa en el examen de materiales de primera mano que datan entre 1924 y 1934, as? como en lecturas relevantes de esa ?poca y fuentes de la web. El art?culo subraya la importancia de las vidas de estas actrices para los actores latinos contempor?neos

Rodr?guez, Clara E.

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Dolores del R?o and Lupe V?lez: Working in Hollywood, 1924-1944

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Dolores del Río and Lupe Vélez: Working in Hollywood, 1924-1944

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