Humor and Latina/o Camp in Ugly Betty: Funny Looking

Tanya González, Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson

Research output: Book/ReportBook

Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherLexington Books
Number of pages187
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

Name Critical studies in television

Keywords

  • Humor
  • television program
  • Hispanic American
  • situation comedies

Disciplines

  • Chicana/o Studies
  • Film and Media Studies
  • Latina/o Studies

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