Angharad N. Valdivia, PhD, Knapp Chair of Liberal Arts will discuss "Latina Girlhood in the Mainstream Media from Dora to Barbie".
In the blockbuster Barbie movie, two Latina women save the day, Gloria (played by America Ferrera) and Sasha (played by Ariana Greenblatt), and stand in for Latinas and Latinidad. But in 2000, Dora the Explorer was considered by many to be pathbreaking: for the first time, a Latina girl was a main character on Nickelodeon. Notably, this year was also the first time that the U.S. Census revealed that the Latine population was the most numerous minority in the country. Valdivia’s talk will consider how this evolution brought the girl culture of Latinas and Latindad and to the center of representation and profit in U.S. popular culture.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
USD Humanities Center
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Wednesday, February 21 - 5:30 PM