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Author: Tanya González ,
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.435kg
ISBN: 9780739197493
ISBN 10: 0739197495
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 29 July 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Gonzalez and Rodriguez y Gibson show us how Ugly Betty cleverly explores complex social issues surrounding ethnicity, race, gender, identity, and sexuality through its comedic repurposing of stereotypes created and reinforced by mainstream media. This book offers a critical approach to understanding the show's parodic yet subversive treatment of these myths from within the framework of popular cultural production. -- Patricia M. Montilla, Western Michigan University Gonzalez and Rodriguez y Gibson offer a sophisticated reading of the show's engagement with latinidad through the use of humor, critical camp, and queer aesthetics. With the theory of 'funny looking,' the book shows how the humorous and non-normative work together, helping us to think critically about the relationship between Latinidad and neoliberalism, a refreshing approach that makes an incisive contribution to television studies, Chicana/o cultural studies, and queer studies. -- Marci McMahon, The University of Texas Pan-American
Gonzalez and Rodriguez y Gibson show us how Ugly Betty cleverly explores complex social issues surrounding ethnicity, race, gender, identity, and sexuality through its comedic repurposing of stereotypes created and reinforced by mainstream media. This book offers a critical approach to understanding the show's parodic yet subversive treatment of these myths from within the framework of popular cultural production. -- Patricia M. Montilla, Western Michigan University
Gonzalez and Rodriguez y Gibson show us how Ugly Betty cleverly explores complex social issues surrounding ethnicity, race, gender, identity, and sexuality through its comedic repurposing of stereotypes created and reinforced by mainstream media. This book offers a critical approach to understanding the show's parodic yet subversive treatment of these myths from within the framework of popular cultural production. -- Patricia M. Montilla, Western Michigan University Gonzalez and Rodriguez y Gibson offer a sophisticated reading of the show's engagement with latinidad through the use of humor, critical camp, and queer aesthetics. With the theory of funny looking, the book shows how the humorous and non-normative work together, helping us to think critically about the relationship between latinidad and neoliberalism, a refreshing approach that makes an incisive contribution to television studies, Chicana/o cultural studies, and queer studies. -- Marci McMahon, The University of Texas Pan-American
Author Information
Tanya González is associate professor in the English Department at Kansas State University. Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson is associate professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
