Dangerous Curves

This compelling study examines the visibility and marketability of Latina actors and characters in tabloids, blogs, telenovelas, movies, and music... [Molina-Guzman] argues that deviation from prescribed images unsettles mainstream viewers, whose notions of identity/sexuality reject foreign or exotic representations. ~Choice

Dangerous Curves is an absolutely essential, central, and most insightful component of Latina/o media studies. Molina-Guzman brings together structural, labor, textual, and audience elements to provide a nuanced analysis whose influence will span across communication, media, and Latina/o studies. ~Angharad N. Valdivia,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Dangerous Curves is an unswerving look at the flattening out of Latina lives in mainstream media narratives. A must read for anyone interested in understanding why and under what conditions the slightest tear of a stereotype can be perceived as disruptive of the social fabric. ~Frances Negron-Muntaner,author of Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture

Dangerous Curves remains an engaging and compelling examination of the conflicting demands placed on Latina bodies in the popular imagination. ~Magdalena L. Barrera, Camino Real