Dolores del Rio, An Icon of Beauty & Ethnicity in Two Cultures
When: Thu., April 17, 12 p.m. 2014
Lecture by Linda B. Hall, prof. of history at the U of NM, on Mexican actress Dolores del Río, whose prestige helped usher in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her life and successful career in the United States and Mexico illuminate issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity.