High Culture of Chonga Girls in Hernandez' 'Miss, You Look Like a Bratz Doll'

High Culture of Chonga Girls in Hernandez' 'Miss, You Look Like a Bratz Doll'
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In an attempt to comprehend how some bodies develop and reflect narratives regarding Latina girls’ sexuality, nationality, and class, the essay looks at the stereotypes associated with the chonga identification as well as the formation of pictorial imagery of chongas. The hypervisible character characterized as the “chonga” is virtually invisible in feminist scholarship, despite being portrayed by Latinas/os in South Florida as nothing more than a low-class, promiscuous, tough, and rude young lady (Hernandez, 2009).
One of the points that impressed me is the impression of chongas in ‘high’ culture. The author claims that the image of chongas as Miami icons has indeed made its way into the world of modern art. An example is when the author depicts that the paintings clearly depict an ensemble of multiracial young women dressed in cheerleading uniforms and sporting chonga-inspired hair, make-accessories including enormous gold earrings, acrylic manicures, stylized hairdos, even athletic shoes. This form of high culture is...