What does race have to do with ugly betty?: An analysis of privilege and postracial(?) representations on a television sitcom

Television and New Media

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-535

  Esposito, Jennifer ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Gender; Latina o; Race; Racial project; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949101078     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476409340906     Document Type: Article

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