Torcer lo recto: curvas y la visibilidad del cuerpo de la chicana en "Real Women have Curves (Las mujeres hechas y derechas tienen curvas)" de Josefina López

  • David William Foster Arizona State University
Keywords: Real Women have Curves, Josefina López, queer theory, fat women, female beauty, heterosexist concepts of, Latina women and body size

Abstract

Real Women Have Curves, by Chicana playwright Josefina López, is examined from the perspective of queer theory as regards the use of the image of the fat woman to break streotypes about Latina women and challenge Anglo heterosexist images about female beauty, toward instilling dignity in the Latina body.

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Published
2007-07-01
How to Cite
Foster , D. W. (2007). Torcer lo recto: curvas y la visibilidad del cuerpo de la chicana en "Real Women have Curves (Las mujeres hechas y derechas tienen curvas)" de Josefina López. Telondefondo. Revista De Teoría Y Crítica Teatral, (5), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.34096/tdf.n5.9483
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