Dolores del Río - by Linda B Hall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This comprehensive biography of Dolores del Río considers how her enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally, illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This comprehensive biography of Dolores del Río considers how her enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally, illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Dolores del Río</i> is an important work that finally offers us an insight into one of the most compelling stars of the early to mid-twentieth century. It fills a tremendous void in the literature of film history and film studies as well as Latin American/Chicana(o) studies.--Jill Watts "California State University San Marcos"<br><br>Hall bases her work on a close study of del Río's personal papers, contemporary publications about her, and del Río's filmography . . . Hall provides historical context to help readers make sense of the opportunities and constraints that del Río faced. Hall gives a nuanced account of how del Río's personal and professional lives meshed, explaining how she navigated the transition from fading Hollywood stardom in the late 1930s to her remarkable comeback as a leading figure in the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.--Lisa Jarvinen "<i>Journal of American History</i>"<br><br>Hall has created a well-researched, readable biography of a major international star, first in Hollywood, then, later, in her native Mexico . . . Highly recommended.--J.M. Welsh "<i>Choice</i>"<br><br>In <i>Dolores del Ro</i>, Linda Hall marshals an impressively extensive archive in order to puzzle together a compelling story of the film star's life, with a particular focus on considering how del Ro's beauty contributed to her success...The biography offers a thorough depiction of the kinds of body work available and needed in Hollywood and then, importantly and thoughtfully, reveals how the older del Ro was almost too beautiful to play the roles she received in Mexico.--Adriana Estill "<i>Latin American Research Review</i>"<br><br>Linda B. Hall's new book, <i>Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade</i>, radically revises previous study of the Mexican film star . . . Hall crafts a lively story out of the various strands of del Río's complicated life, all while building a historical argument . . . [H]istorians interested in twentieth-century transnational cultural history, Mexican gender history, and film history will want to read Hall's book.--Anne Rubenstein "<i>American Historical Review</i>"<br><br>Linda Hall provides a wonderfully written and compelling biography of one of the most famous and beautiful women of the twentieth century: actress Dolores del Río.--Cynthia E. Milton "<i>The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History</i>"<br><br>Those interested in Hollywood history will find this book a particularly good read, as Hall carefully shows how Carewe planned to make del Río a star as well as possibly his wife. Those who continue to research race, ethnicity, and whiteness in early Hollywood will find valuable information in Hall's book.--Alicia I. Rodriguez-Estrada "<i>Western Historical Quarterly</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Linda B. Hall</b> is Distinguished Professor of History and Regents Professor at the University of New Mexico.
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