The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos

Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotli

As the number of Latinos in the United States has been growing, making them the largest ethnic minority at the beginning of the twenty-first century, their pres

Heroes, Lovers, and Others tells the fascinating history of Latino actors in American film from the silent era to today. Rodriguez examines such Latino legends

From the early passions of the 'Latin Lover of the silver screen', to the adventures of modem-day heroes such as Antonio Banderas, this is an illuminating voyag