Cover of Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment, with a person in a tube top wearing multiple, large gold necklaces

Aesthetics of Excess

The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment

by Jillian Hernandez

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2020

Services: Indexing

Jillian Hernandez wearing black glasses and resting her chin on her hand, which has colorful nail polish with designs

Hear from the author

Listen to Cathy Hannabach’s interview with Jillian about Aesthetics of Excess on the Imagine Otherwise podcast.

The episode and Aesthetics of Excess make great additions to syllabi in Latinx studies, Black studies, media studies, and gender studies.

The episode show notes contain a teaching guide with related books, podcast episodes, and resources.

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