"Jarvinen has written a model piece of transnational history and she deserves applause for her smart, cogent examination of an important
yet little-known aspect of film history."
(Journal of American History) "Transnational cultural history at its best! Jarvinen unearths struggles among racist Hollywood executives, nationalist Latin Americans, and cosmopolitan film crews as they forged a new market for Spanish-language films."
- Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt (University of Maryland, College Park) "Jarvinen effectively and meticulously undermines common assumptions about Spanish-language films and the transition to sound in this compellingly argued analysis of a largely overlooked body of Hollywood production."
- Colin Gunckel (University of Michigan) "Jarvinen effectively and meticulously undermines common assumptions about Spanish-language films and the transition to sound in this compellingly argued analysis of a largely overlooked body of Hollywood production."
- Colin Gunckel (University of Michigan) "Transnational cultural history at its best! Jarvinen unearths struggles among racist Hollywood executives, nationalist Latin Americans, and cosmopolitan film crews as they forged a new market for Spanish-language films."
- Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt (University of Maryland, College Park) "Jarvinen has written a model piece of transnational history and she deserves applause for her smart, cogent examination of an important
yet little-known aspect of film history."
(Journal of American History)
