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This project analyzes the erotic cultural productions of Gina
Rodriguez, Cardi B, and Tessa Thompson, three Afro-Latinx celebrities in
contemporary U.S. popular culture. Through study of their plays with purity,
corporeal fragmentation, and sexual ambiguity, I address how these women utilize
different facets of the erotic to provide the opportunity for new, expansive
notions pertaining to ... read moreLatinx identity in the United States. Reliant upon the close
reading of particular moments in each of their entertainment careers, my project
investigates the public and private identity constructions of each celebrity to
showcase the racially fragmentary and inherently anti-Black notions beneath
current Latinx formations. In synthesizing the work of scholars from both Black
feminist theory and Latinx cultural studies, this thesis considers the capacity
for Black studies to mobilize new narratives within the framework of Latinx and
further highlights the category's continued struggles with racial objectification
and discrimination on U.S. soil.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2019.
Submitted to the Dept. of Drama.
Advisor: Noe Montez.
Committee: Kareem Khubchandani, and Lilian
Mangesha.
Keyword: Performing arts.read less
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