Hot. Passionate. and Illegal? - Why (Almost) Everything You Thought About Latinos Just May Be True

Informationen zum Autor Cristian de la Fuente Klappentext From Dancing With the Stars finalist Cristian de la Fuente comes a tongue-in-cheek guide to understanding Latino culture-now in paperback. As a contestant on Dancing with the Stars , international star and actor Cristián de la Fuente automatically assumed the role of the flashy Latino dancer, donning bright fuchsia costumes with his bare chest exposed. But Cristián ultimately wowed the judges and reached the finals-not with his fancy footwork but with his charm. Quickly, the producers and viewers learned that just because someone is Latino does not necessarily mean he can dance... And Cristián proved Latinos can and should not be reduced to one-dimensional definitions. In Hot. Passionate. And Illegal? , Cristián uses his personal and funny experiences as a Latino in Hollywood to dispel common myths and admit the sometimes embarrassing, yet endearing, truths about Latinos. Zusammenfassung From Dancing With the Stars finalist Cristian de la Fuente comes a tongue-in-cheek guide to understanding Latino culture-now in paperback. As a contestant on Dancing with the Stars , international star and actor Cristián de la Fuente automatically assumed the role of the flashy Latino dancer, donning bright fuchsia costumes with his bare chest exposed. But Cristián ultimately wowed the judges and reached the finals-not with his fancy footwork but with his charm. Quickly, the producers and viewers learned that just because someone is Latino does not necessarily mean he can dance... And Cristián proved Latinos can and should not be reduced to one-dimensional definitions. In Hot. Passionate. And Illegal? , Cristián uses his personal and funny experiences as a Latino in Hollywood to dispel common myths and admit the sometimes embarrassing, yet endearing, truths about Latinos.

Product details

• Authors: Cristian de la Fuente, Federico Larino
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9780451229670
• ISBN: 978-0-451-22967-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, HUMOR / Topic / History, Humour, Humour collections & anthologies, Social and cultural history, Humour collections and anthologies, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, HUMOR / Topic / Regional & Cultural, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people