Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty Funny Looking - Critical Studies in Television

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. González 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.

ISBN:	9780739197493
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Imprint:	Lexington Books
Published date:	29 Jul 2015
DEWEY:	791.4572
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	ix, 187
Weight:	450g
Height:	160mm
Width:	236mm
Spine width:	20mm

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