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A Fish Out of Water: New Articulations of U.S.–Latino Identity on Ugly Betty

Pages 133-147 | Published online: 19 May 2010
 

Abstract

This essay examines representations of U.S.–Latino identity on the ABC television program Ugly Betty. The analysis argues that the show articulates a tension between ethnic “otherness” and cultural assimilation that symbolizes current negotiations of individual and collective identities among young, English-speaking Latinos in the United States. Furthermore, the essay argues that Ugly Betty symbolically endorses a new conceptualization of Latino identity in the United States. The conceptual framework of the analysis is the relationship between media representation and identity.

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Guillermo Avila-Saavedra

Guillermo Avila-Saavedra (Ph.D., Temple University, 2008) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communications at Salem State College.

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