Elena, Princesa of the Periphery

Disney’s Flexible Latina Girl

Diana Leon-Boys (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

182 Seiten

2023
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3018-9 (ISBN)

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In the summer of 2016, Disney introduced its first Latina princess, Elena of Avalor. Princesa of the Periphery explores this Disney property using multiple case studies to understand its approach to girlhood and Latinidad. Following the circuit of culture model, author Diana Leon-Boys teases out moments of complex negotiations by Disney, producers, and audiences as they navigate Elena’s circulation. Case studies highlight how a flexible Latinidad is deployed through corporate materials, social media pages, theme park experiences, and the television series to create a princess who is both marginal to Disney’s normative vision of princesshood and central to Disney’s claims of diversification. This multi-layered analysis of Disney’s mediated Latina girlhood interrogates the complex relationship between the U.S.’s largest ethnic minority and a global conglomerate that stands in for the U.S. on the global stage.

DIANA LEON-BOYS is an assistant professor in the department of communication at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Introduction: Latina Girls’ Media Studies
1 From Black-and-White Mouse to “Latina” Girl
2 The Flexible Production of a “Latina” Princess
3 Animated Latina Girlhood and the Continuum of Flexibility
4 On-Site Performance of Latinidad from East Coast to West Coast
Conclusion: A Princess for All Is a Princess Without a Home
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2023
Reihe/Serie	Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Zusatzinfo	14 color, 1 BW
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	64 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-3018-1 / 1978830181
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-3018-9 / 9781978830189
Zustand	Neuware