Book Review: Lupe Vélez: The Life and Career of Hollywood’s “Mexican Spitfire.”

Kristy Rawson holds a Ph.D. in Screen Arts and Cultures from the University of Michigan. Her essay “Lupe Vélez before Hollywood: Mexico’s First Iconic ‘Modern Girl’” is included in the anthology Latin American and Latino Icons: Models and Theories of Cultural Iconicity, forthcoming from Vanderbilt University Press.