Humor and Latina/o camp in Ugly Betty : funny looking / / Tanya González and Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson

• Autore: González Tanya <1973->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 pages)
• Disciplina: 791.45/72
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans on television; Situation comedies (Television programs) - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): Rodriguez y GibsonEliza
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 With His Spatula in His Hand: Remaking Masculinity and Familia; 2 First-Class Tickets to Mexico!: Laughing at Deportation; 3 Life's a Drag: Identity as Queer Performance; 4 Bringing Sexy Back: The Complexities of Latina Sexuality; 5 Wake Up, Betty!: Feminism, Neoliberalism, and the American Dream; References; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty </span><span>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. <br /></span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Humor and Latina
• ISBN: 0-7391-9750-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811449703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical studies in television.