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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Tanya, 1973- author.

Rodriguez y Gibson, Eliza, author.

Series:

Critical studies in television.

Critical Studies in Television

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ugly Betty (Television program).

Hispanic Americans on television.

Situation comedies (Television programs)--United States.

Situation comedies (Television programs).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

<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>

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9750-9

OCLC:

913785050