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Aesthetics of excess : the art and politics of Black and Latina embodiment / Jillian Hernandez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hernandez, Jillian, 1979- author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Body image--Social aspects.
- Body image.
- Aesthetics.
- Human body in popular culture.
- Art and race.
- Body image in art.
- Body image in women.
- Body image in girls.
- African American women in art.
- Hispanic American women.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Summary:
- "Analyzing the personal clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of working-class Black and Latina girls, Jillian Hernandez examines how cultural discourses of aesthetic value racialize the bodies of women and girls of color."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Reading Black and Latina Embodiment in Miami
- Sexual-Aesthetic Excess: Or, How Chonga Girls Make Class Burn
- "Fine as Hell": The Aesthetic Erotics of Masculinity
- Interlude
- Rococo Pink: The Power of Nicki Minaj's Aesthetics of Fakery
- Encounters with Excess: Girls Creating Art, Theory, and Sexual Bodies
- Interlude
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hernandez, Jillian, 1979- Aesthetics of excess.
- ISBN:
- 9781478012634
- 1478012633
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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