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Abject Performances : Aesthetic Strategies in Latino Cultural Production /

In Abject Performances Leticia Alvarado draws out the irreverent, disruptive aesthetic strategies used by Latino artists and cultural producers who shun standards of respectability that are typically used to conjure concrete minority identities. In place of works imbued with pride, redemption, or ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alvarado, Leticia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2018]
Colección:Dissident Acts : 14
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction. Sublime Abjection
  • Chapter 1. Other Desires: Ana Mendieta's Abject Imaginings
  • Chapter 2. Phantom Assholes: Asco's Affective Vortex
  • Chapter 3. Of Betties Decorous and Abject: Ugly Betty's America la fea and Nao Bustamante's America la bella
  • Chapter 4. Arriving at Apostasy: Performative Testimonies of Ambivalent Belonging
  • Conclusion. Abject Embodiment
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index