Representation of Latinas as Maids on Devious Maids (2013)
This article aims to analyze the representation of Latinas as maids by examining the first season of US television drama comedy, Devious Maids. The show has been a controversy inside and outside Latina community since it presents the lives of five Latinas working as maids in Beverly Hills that appea...
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Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia
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| description | This article aims to analyze the representation of Latinas as maids by examining the first season of US television drama comedy, Devious Maids. The show has been a controversy inside and outside Latina community since it presents the lives of five Latinas working as maids in Beverly Hills that appears to reinforce the negative stereotypes of Latinas. However, a close reading on scenes by using character analysis on two Latina characters shows that the characters break stereotypes in various ways. The show gives visibility to the Latinas by putting them as main characters and portraying them as progressive and independent women who also refuse the notion of white supremacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de32e730fb14422b8a6ff8472c17e3602023-07-07T07:23:04ZengFaculty of Humanities, Universitas IndonesiaParadigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya2503-08682087-60172013-12-01414258https://doi.org/10.17510/paradigma.v4i1.158Representation of Latinas as Maids on Devious Maids (2013)Fitria Afrianty Sudirman0Faculty of Humanities, Universitas IndonesiaThis article aims to analyze the representation of Latinas as maids by examining the first season of US television drama comedy, Devious Maids. The show has been a controversy inside and outside Latina community since it presents the lives of five Latinas working as maids in Beverly Hills that appears to reinforce the negative stereotypes of Latinas. However, a close reading on scenes by using character analysis on two Latina characters shows that the characters break stereotypes in various ways. The show gives visibility to the Latinas by putting them as main characters and portraying them as progressive and independent women who also refuse the notion of white supremacy.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/paradigma/vol4/iss1/4/latinastereotypestelevisiondevious maids |
| spellingShingle | Fitria Afrianty Sudirman Representation of Latinas as Maids on Devious Maids (2013) Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya latina stereotypes television devious maids |
| title | Representation of Latinas as Maids on Devious Maids (2013) |
| title_full | Representation of Latinas as Maids on Devious Maids (2013) |
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