Humor And Latina/O Camp In Ugly Betty: Funny Looking (Critical Studies In Television) - 9780739197493

Expands the vista of critical approaches to comedy and representational politics on mainstream television from an interdisciplinary Laina/o studies approach. Examines 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 subjectives, 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. -- Publisher description.

• | Author: Tanya González, Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0739197495
• | ISBN-13: 9780739197493