Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty
Funny Looking- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2015
Summary
Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty: Funny Looking expands the vista of critical approaches to comedy and representational politics on mainstream television from an interdisciplinary Latina/o studies approach. González and Rodriguez y Gibson examine how Ugly Betty uses humor and Latina/o camp to reframe socially charged issues on the show: representations of masculinity and familia, immigration, drag and queer subjectivities, Latina sexuality, and finally, a Latina feminist critique of the American Dream. Ugly Betty moves beyond the binaries of traditional representational politics and opens a vista of critical possibility applicable to all mainstream texts that portray people of color through comedy. This work will be of interest to scholars in media studies, Latina/o studies, and communication studies.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2015
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-9749-3
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-9750-9
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 187
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 22
- 1 With His Spatula in His Hand: Remaking Masculinity and Familia No access Pages 23 - 52
- 2 First-Class Tickets to Mexico!: Laughing at Deportation No access Pages 53 - 76
- 3 Life’s a Drag: Identity as Queer Performance No access Pages 77 - 102
- 4 Bringing Sexy Back: The Complexities of Latina Sexuality No access Pages 103 - 132
- 5 Wake Up, Betty!: Feminism, Neoliberalism, and the American Dream No access Pages 133 - 170
- References No access Pages 171 - 178
- Index No access Pages 179 - 186
- About the Authors No access Pages 187 - 187





