Jillian Hernandez

Aesthetics of Excess

The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing the personal clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of working-class Black and Latina girls, Jillian Hernandez examines how cultural discourses of aesthetic value racialize the bodies of women and girls of color.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 728g
• ISBN-13: 9781478010050
• ISBN-10: 1478010053
• Artikelnr.: 59546917

Autorenporträt

Jillian Hernandez is Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies at the University of Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
Interlude One  29
1. Reading Black and Latina Embodiment in Miami  37
2. Sexual-Aesthetic Excess: Or, How Chonga Girls Make Class Burn  63
3. "Fine as Hell": The Aesthetic Erotics of Masculinity  99
Interlude Two  133
4. Rococo Pink: The Power of Nicki Minaj's Aesthetics of Fakery  145
Interlude Three  187
5. Encounters with Excess: Girls Creating Art, Theory, and Sexual Bodies 
201
Interlude Four  233
Epilogue  251
Notes  271
References  279
Index  293