Humor and Latina/o camp in Ugly Betty
Subtitle: funny looking
By: Tanya González and Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson
Contributors: Rodriguez y Gibson, Eliza, author
Series: Critical studies in television; Critical studies in television
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780739197493
Subjects: Ugly Betty (Television program); Hispanic Americans on television; Situation comedies (Television programs)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Betty's poncho: Latina/o camp and a funny looking theory; title: With his spatula in his hand: remaking masculinity and familia; title: First class tickets to Mexico!: laughing at deportation; title: Life's a drag: identity as queer performance; title: Bringing sexy back: the complexities of Latina sexuality; title: Wake up Betty!: Feminism, neoliberalism and the American dream.