Latin lovers and American accents : Dolores Del Rio and Hollywood's transition to sound -- The good neighbor on prime time : Desi Arnaz and I love Lucy -- A fight for "dignity and integrity" : Rita Moreno in Hollywood's post-war era -- The burden of playing Chico : Freddie Prinze and Latino stardom in television's era of "relevance" -- The face of the "decade" : Edward James Olmos and Latino films of the 1980s -- Crossing over the Latina body : Jennifer Lopez and the 1990s "Latin wave" -- Ethnic ambiguity in the era of Dark angels : Jessica Alba and mixed Latina/o trends.
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