The Latina women, even throughout the era resistance cinema, have not been able to make much progress in overcoming the degrading stereotypes that Hollywood has created for them. Despite the many advances that minorities have made in the cinema in recent years, Latina actresses still take on the roles of the "dark skinned lady" and other such stereotypes with strong sexual connotations. It is often debatable whether or not the role of the Latina has undergone dramatic changes since the days of Dolores Del Rio and Carmen Miranda dancing with the fruit baskets on top of their heads. However, in recent years there has been an emphasis by various Latinas in the film industry to combat such stereotypical roles and redefine themselves through the film medium, especially by means of documentaries. It is hopeful that the existing portrayals of Latina women as the sex object and desirable mate will gave way to a range of opportunities in cinema with roles of a more powerful and influential nature.
The history of these stereotypes date back to the introduction of Latinos into the cinematic arena. The Latinas have traditionally been forced to accept a narrow range of roles that depict them as a sexual commodity or as a comedic and senseless individual. Both of these roles were common throughout early cinema and were played by a select number of Latina actresses who became notorious for their characters. They allowed themselves to be typecast into these demeaning roles because of a lack of better opportunities for them. By occupying these roles, these characters were only perpetuating these stereotypes and giving the impression that it was acceptable to be portrayed in this way.
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...uld lead one to believe that the Latinas have made no progress whatsoever in the films. However, these representations will take many years to reverse and it will be very difficult for the Latinas to create a new image for themselves because of the existing perceptions that people have. In order to achieve this, Latinas must become an active force in the movement against the negative representation. Their voice and expressions of disapproval may force the filmmakers and industry to reevaluate the harmful stereotypes that they utilize.
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It is also interesting to mention how in a subtle way it also portrays Vergara’s character as a “gold digger” because of her marriage with an older man. The stereotypes are still present in films and shows “although substantial improvements have occurred over the decades, in many ways these groups remain defined by a limited volume and range of representations” (Tukachinsky, Mastro & Yarchi, 2017). As mentioned before, Latinos are the second largest ethnic group in the U.S., which means the diversity that exists within the group is huge; however, the stereotypes seems to be always the
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Mr. Manoj Kumar Sahoo [3] reported the optimization of turning process by the effects of machining parameters applying Taguchi methods. Three machining parameters i.e., Spindle speed, Feed rate and Depth of cut. Experiments were done by varying one parameter and keeping other two fixed so maximum value of each parameter was obtained. Taguchi orthogonal array is designed with three levels of turning parameters with the help of software Minitab
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