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Autore: | González Tanya <1973-> |
Titolo: | Humor and Latina/o camp in Ugly Betty : funny looking / / Tanya González and Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson |
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.: | 9910797210803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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