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Main Author: Roberto Carlos Ortiz
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: The City University of New York 2005
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717106
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  • Puerto Rican sugar: the transnational film career of Mapy Cortés Roberto Carlos Ortiz Sociología vedette Hollywood movie star Mapy Cortés Mexican cinema This article charts the movie star text of Puerto Ricanentertainer Mapy Cortés (1910–1998), one of the top boxofficeattractions of Mexican cinema in the 1940s, whomade a quick trip to Hollywood in 1942 and returned toPuerto Rico in the 1950s and 60s to collaborate in thenascent national television and cinema. By charting thevedette’s on-screen image, especially her embodiment ofPuerto Rico, the tropics or Pan-Americanism, the articleanalyzes the racial and gender norms governingtransnational Puerto Rican stars prior to better knownLatina performers such as Rita Moreno or JenniferLópez. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XVII