Yvette Mayorga: The Politics of Desire

WHY? GLAD YOU ASKED.

[quote]Because the answer to “what’s cooking?” is politics and cake. Think Latin vibes, traditional rituals of celebration, and a generous amount of bold, in-your-face pink in the form of frosting. Only Mayorga’s “Candy Lands” are in reality all about race, identity, gender, violence, and Latin stereotypes observing the realities along the U.S./Mexico borderlands—gates to an American Dream gone wrong.[/quote]

 

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