“Blanca from the Block”: Whiteness and the Transnational Latina Body

March 1, 2005

“As we Latinos redefine ourselves in America, making ourselves up and making ourselves over, we have to be careful, in taking up the promises of America, not to adopt its limiting racial paradigms.” Julia Alvarez, “A White Woman of Color” Will Ferrell to Jennifer Lopez during her opening monologue on...