• Figure 16. Aya de León as Lady Triple X in Thieves in the Temple (2002). De León stages a hypersexualized constructed caricature as a theatrical intervention to shatter the social prescriptions of Black women as hos, bitches, and pimps.

Lady Triple X in Thieves in the Temple (2002)

From Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From the Café to Hip Hop Theater by Patricia Herrera

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  • Literary Studies:Poetry and Poetry Criticism
  • American Studies
  • Latinx Studies
  • Theater and Performance
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