Latinas and Latinos on TV : Colorblind Comedy in the Post-Racial Network Era / Isabel Molina-Guzmán.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molina-Guzmán, Isabel, author.

Series:

Latinx pop culture.

Latinx Pop Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans on television.

Situation comedies (Television programs)--United States.

Situation comedies (Television programs).

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Interweaving discussions about the ethnic, racial, and linguistic representations of Latinas/os within network television comedies, Isabel Molina-Guzmán probes published interviews with producers and textual examples from hit programs like Modern Family, The Office, and Scrubs to understand how these primetime sitcoms communicate difference in the United States. Understanding the complex ways that audiences interpret these programs, Molina-Guzmán situates her analysis within the Obama era, a period when ethnicity and race became increasingly grounded in hipster racism, and argues that despite increased inclusion, the feel-good imperative of TV comedies still inevitably leaves racism, sexism, and homophobia uncontested"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Latina/os, hipster racism, and post-racial TV

Scrubs(ing) the beginnings of post-racial TV

Hipster racism comes to colorblind TV

Reading against the post-racial TV Latina

Conclusion: Post-racial past and colorblind futures on TV.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8165-3724-0

OCLC:

1227278415