Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty: Funny Looking (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739197493)

Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty: Funny Looking expands the vista of critical approaches to comedy and representational politics on mainstream television from an interdisciplinary Latina/o studies approach. Gonz疝ez and Rodriguez y Gibson examine 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 subjectivities, 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. This work will be of interest to scholars in media studies, Latina/o studies, and communication studies.

Author: Tanya Gonz疝ez, Eliza Rodriguez Y. Gibson
ISBN-10: 0739197495
ISBN-13: 9780739197493
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2015
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2016