"Así me gustas gordita": Representaciones de la gordura en la música popular y la literatura del Caribe hispano

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dc.contributor.authorBraden, Emily
dc.contributor.supervisorDe Alba-Koch, Beatriz
dc.date.accessioned2007-12-17T23:53:01Z
dc.date.available2007-12-17T23:53:01Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007-12-17T23:53:01Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Hispanic and Italian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines contemporary musical and literary representations of female fatness in the Hispanic Caribbean. Chapter I explores the stereotype of a greater acceptance and valorization of fatness within the African Diaspora using contemporary feminist scholarship on cultural aesthetics and the body. Fatness is discussed as being both sexually transgressive and traditionally feminine. Chapter II juxtaposes male representations of “la gorda” in the lyrics of popular music of from Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with the feminist politics of underground hip hop. Chapter III analyzes Guillermo Cabrera Infante’s hyperbolic representation of La Estrella, his fictionalization of Cuban bolero singer Fredy Rodriguez, in Ella cantaba boleros y “Metafinal” (1996). The aquatic subtexts and grotesque characterization of La Estrella’s body construct her as an icon of musical authenticity and exceptionality as well as a symbol of strength and resistance.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/279
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoesen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectgorduraen_US
dc.subjectfatnessen_US
dc.subjectCabrera Infante, Guillermoen_US
dc.subjectTres tristes tigresen_US
dc.subjectDominican Republicen_US
dc.subjectRepública Dominicanaen_US
dc.subjectCubaen_US
dc.subjectPuerto Ricoen_US
dc.subjectfaten_US
dc.subjectgordaen_US
dc.subjectpopular musicen_US
dc.subjectmúsica popularen_US
dc.subjectla gordaen_US
dc.subjectFredyen_US
dc.subjectLa Estrellaen_US
dc.subjectFredesvinda García Rodríguezen_US
dc.subjectsalsaen_US
dc.subjectmerengueen_US
dc.subjectreggaetonen_US
dc.subjectbodyen_US
dc.subjectcuerpoen_US
dc.subjectrepresentationen_US
dc.subjectrepresentaciónen_US
dc.subjectfeministaen_US
dc.subjectfeminismoen_US
dc.subjectHispanicen_US
dc.subjectCaribbeanen_US
dc.subjectCaribe hispanoen_US
dc.subjectShaw, Andreaen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectmujeren_US
dc.subjectlyricsen_US
dc.subjectletrasen_US
dc.subjectKrudasen_US
dc.subjectLa Sistaen_US
dc.subjectlyrical analysisen_US
dc.subjectblacken_US
dc.subjectnegraen_US
dc.subjectnegrituden_US
dc.subjectgordoen_US
dc.subjectfeminismen_US
dc.subjectfeministen_US
dc.subjectcorporalen_US
dc.subjectliteraturaen_US
dc.subjectlatinoen_US
dc.subjectlatinaen_US
dc.subjectbody imageen_US
dc.subjectbeauty idealsen_US
dc.subjectidealesen_US
dc.subjectbellezaen_US
dc.subjectMatafinalen_US
dc.subjectboleroen_US
dc.subjectcantanteen_US
dc.subjectsingeren_US
dc.subjectcontemporaryen_US
dc.subjectcontemporáneaen_US
dc.subjectAfricanen_US
dc.subjectDiasporaen_US
dc.subjectculturalen_US
dc.subjectaestheticsen_US
dc.subjectsexualityen_US
dc.subjectla gordaen_US
dc.subjectaquaticen_US
dc.subjectauthenticityen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Literature::Caribbean literatureen_US
dc.title"Así me gustas gordita": Representaciones de la gordura en la música popular y la literatura del Caribe hispanoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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