Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom | by PRISCILLA PEÑA OVALLE

...A cool new book on my radar: Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States) from Rutgers University Press....









Here's a page from the opening movements of the book....

Shhhhhhhhhhhh "Mexican" They Who SHALL NOT BE NAMED } via gustavo arellano in the ocweekly...

Occupy! Occupy! Super Barrio to the Rescue | via boingboing.net

new CECI BASTIDA hit! NARCO NARCO! via BOINGBOING.NET

LALO ALCARAZ! Dropped from the land of the Cubs!

Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog PENDEJO OF THE MONTH! Steven Seagal, Mexican-hunter & Pendejo, Takes His Road Show to Tejas | via NEWSTACO

San Antonio Fiesta Week, An Alternative Take...

A tip of the hat to my SA mole, P. Portales, for zapping me this indy, Amalia Ortiz take on San Antonio Fiesta Week Celebrations!   Gente de San Antonio, what do you think!????

scary new entry for the caucasian bestiary...

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Laredo, Texas, A&E Style | Bordertown: Laredo

....recent NYTIMES blog/review of the show...

Beware! LA LOBA! Monstrous Latina Wolf Women in Cinema History!

Heritage Auctions {source}

Kitty de Hoyos as a Wolf-lady! Classic!

Here's the opening...

Fathoming Latina Super Spies of the 1960s: Raquel Welch, aka Jo Raquel Tejada, La Jolla High, Alum; SDSU almost-grad...

Fathom, 1967, certainly not a "great" piece of cinema, but a cool, worthy 60s flick nonetheless...