latinas in hollywood
Latinas in Hollywood: Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes
Hollywood is a space that promotes life in the United States. Hollywood is the space that creates stereotypes that create the notion of the “typical Latina, Asian, Black, etc.” Hollywood wants to create racial authenticity for each race, and it has been able to successfully as it has differentiated races. There is an attempt to create and manufacture racial authenticity through ethnic women in Hollywood. Hollywood pretends there is authenticity in order to enforce the existing racial hierarchy, and Latinas have to learn to navigate this type of casting in order to survive in the industry. In order to gain access in the Hollywood industry, Latinas have to embody their stereotypes such as the harlot, the female clown, and the Latin lover. Hollywood has become a glamorizing industry that has a huge influence in manufacturing and maintaining images of racial authenticity; therefore, an industry where space is created for celebrities to constantly change their identity in relation to fame. Latinas, being an essential part of the film industry, change their identity throughout their career; hence, I would like to observe the transformation that occurred in the careers of Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Alba since it is evident that Hollywood influenced their identity and how they carried themselves in order to make a presence in Hollywood and become who they are now. Hollywood is a racial space and it affects the creation of Latinas in pop culture. Ever since the start of films, Hollywood has been a space that has allowed for the reinforcement of stereotypes. According to Charles Berg’s Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance, ever since the emergence of cinema the history of Latina images in U.S. cinema is a creation and reinforcement of three stereotypes: the harlot, the female clown, and the Latin lover. Berg gives us the readers an example of the female clown that was
Hollywood is a space that promotes life in the United States. Hollywood is the space that creates stereotypes that create the notion of the “typical Latina, Asian, Black, etc.” Hollywood wants to create racial authenticity for each race, and it has been able to successfully as it has differentiated races. There is an attempt to create and manufacture racial authenticity through ethnic women in Hollywood. Hollywood pretends there is authenticity in order to enforce the existing racial hierarchy, and Latinas have to learn to navigate this type of casting in order to survive in the industry. In order to gain access in the Hollywood industry, Latinas have to embody their stereotypes such as the harlot, the female clown, and the Latin lover. Hollywood has become a glamorizing industry that has a huge influence in manufacturing and maintaining images of racial authenticity; therefore, an industry where space is created for celebrities to constantly change their identity in relation to fame. Latinas, being an essential part of the film industry, change their identity throughout their career; hence, I would like to observe the transformation that occurred in the careers of Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Alba since it is evident that Hollywood influenced their identity and how they carried themselves in order to make a presence in Hollywood and become who they are now. Hollywood is a racial space and it affects the creation of Latinas in pop culture. Ever since the start of films, Hollywood has been a space that has allowed for the reinforcement of stereotypes. According to Charles Berg’s Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance, ever since the emergence of cinema the history of Latina images in U.S. cinema is a creation and reinforcement of three stereotypes: the harlot, the female clown, and the Latin lover. Berg gives us the readers an example of the female clown that was