Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty - Funny Looking

Informationen zum Autor Tanya González is associate professor in the English Department at Kansas State University.Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson is associate professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Klappentext Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty expands the vista of critical approaches to comedy and representational politics on mainstream television from an interdisciplinary Latina/o studies approach. Each chapter examines the way the show 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1.With His Spatula in His Hand: Remaking Masculinity and FamiliaChapter 2. First Class Tickets to Mexico!: Laughing at DeportationChapter 3. Life's A Drag: Identity as Queer PerformanceChapter 4. Bringing Sexy Back: The Complexities of Latina Sexuality on Ugly Betty Chapter 5. Wake Up Betty!: Feminism, Neoliberalism and the American Dream

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• Authors: Eliza Rodriguez Y. Gibson, Tanya Gonzaalez, Tanya Gonzalez, Tanya Gibson Gonzalez, Tanya Rodriguez Y Gibson Gonzalez, Tanya González, Eliza Rodriguez Y Gibson, Eliza Rodriguez y. Gibson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2015
• EAN: 9780739197493
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9749-3
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Critical Studies in Television; Critical Studies in Television
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Communication Studies;Media Studies