Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ468478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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"I'm a Cansino": Transformation, Ethnicity, and Authenticity in the Construction of Rita Hayworth, American Love Goddess.
McLean, Adrienne L.
Journal of Film and Video, v44 n3-4 p8-26 Fall-Win 1992-93
Examines how and why Margarita Carmen Cansino became Rita Hayworth. Challenges widely held scholarly assumptions about how the discourse contemporary to Rita Hayworth and her films portrayed and promulgated her transformation, particularly with reference to her ethnicity. (RS)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Images, Ethnic Origins, Film Criticism, Film Industry, Popular Culture
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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