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Latino Sexuality in Pop Culture

Latino Sexuality in Pop Culture. By Eduardo Vergara. Heteronormativity. What is it in North America? In Latino Communities? What effects does it have on the community? In Latino Communities?. Maurica. Heteronormative.

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Latino Sexuality in Pop Culture

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  1. Latino Sexuality in Pop Culture By Eduardo Vergara

  2. Heteronormativity • What is it in North America? • In Latino Communities? • What effects does it have on the community? • In Latino Communities?

  3. Maurica

  4. Heteronormative • Denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation1

  5. Does color have an effect/correlation with power within minority groups?

  6. “Color Matters” • Ricky Martin was considered a part of “the white upper-class islanders, or blanquitos” for his sexual performance with “less-threatening butt”2 • Jennifer Lopez acting in Selena and having her butt “become the site of racialization as sexual excess” made her considered a dark skinned person2

  7. Sexuality in Latino Pop Culture

  8. Sexuality in Latino Pop Culture • Lupe was considered a very sexual being on stage • “Lupe’s exaggerated sexuality on stage was framed by her desire to embody and inhabit the space of anger, longing, and desperation in song”2 • The females in Mi Vida Loca were all considered cholaswhich contextualized masculine females • A Mexican-American youth who belongs to a street gang • William Levy is a well known Latin actor that played many sexual roles in telenovelas

  9. Bibliography • http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/heteronormative1 • Latina/o Sexualities – Marysol Ascencio2

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