{"product_id":"aesthetics-of-excess-9781478010050","title":"Aesthetics of Excess","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing the personal clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of working-class Black and Latina girls, Jillian Hernandez examines how cultural discourses of aesthetic value racialize the bodies of women and girls of color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAesthetics of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e brings together \u003ci\u003eculo\u003c\/i\u003e, spandex, and style to make bold provocations on race, aesthetics, and embodiment. Making a sparkling intervention into conversations on racialized sexuality, Hernandez uses the \"body narratives\" we inherit to add fleshy substance to our understanding of how color, culture, and class shape how subjects traverse geographies of belonging.” -- Juana María Rodríguez, author of * Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings *\u003cbr\u003e“I am thrilled that Jillian Hernandez has found a thoughtful, thorough way to begin a conversation around the Latinx, academic, and institutional discomfort with what they perceive as young women's problematic, not-Latina-feminist-enough gender politics. What a joy it is to know that this highly original and downright necessary book is now in the world. \u003ci\u003eAesthetics of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e makes an outstanding contribution to feminist scholarship.” -- Maria Elena Buszek, author of * Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\"There’s a real beauty to being able to own yourself and how you show up in the world; \u003ci\u003eAesthetics of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates it.\" -- Evette Dionne * Bitch Media *\u003cbr\u003e“Black and Latina aesthetic practices are carefully crafted and layered. \u003ci\u003eAesthetics of Excess \u003c\/i\u003etreats these self-stylings with the nuance they deserve, understanding them as interventions in a visual landscape that surveilles excess as a way to continually police working-class women of color.” -- Kristie Soares * Latino Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“In a world that continually tells Black and Latina girls to take up less space, to be less visible, to do their work without comment, sigh, or sass, Hernandez and her team at WOTR celebrate the excess. . . . Hernandez deftly explores and theorizes the contours of blackness and latinidad in Miami.” -- Aria S. Halliday * American Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e“Hernandez manages the difficult feat of crafting an approachable text that could be read by the young women she speaks with while remaining faithful to the demands of a scholarly monograph. . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e] is a thrilling work that never forgets that loving its subjects is essential to scholarly precision.” -- Iván Ramos * Lateral *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book’s strength lies in Hernandez’s sharp arguments and the theoretical threads she interweaves. Rather than considering Black and Latina body aesthetics against the implicit whiteness of categories deemed 'standard' or 'tasteful' in mainstream US culture, the book names them, claims them, and presents them in their own light.\" -- Alicia Eler * Hyperallergic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e Interlude One  29\u003cbr\u003e 1. Reading Black and Latina Embodiment in Miami  37\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sexual-Aesthetic Excess: Or, How Chonga Girls Make Class Burn  63\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Fine as Hell\": The Aesthetic Erotics of Masculinity  99\u003cbr\u003e Interlude Two  133\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rococo Pink: The Power of Nicki Minaj's Aesthetics of Fakery  145\u003cbr\u003e Interlude Three  187\u003cbr\u003e 5. Encounters with Excess: Girls Creating Art, Theory, and Sexual Bodies  201\u003cbr\u003e Interlude Four  233\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue  251\u003cbr\u003e Notes  271\u003cbr\u003e References  279\u003cbr\u003e Index  293","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408986743127,"sku":"9781478010050","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478010050.jpg?v=1730504978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aesthetics-of-excess-9781478010050","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}