Telenovelas in Pan-Latino Context

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-68174-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: Latin American Tópicos

This concise book provides an accessible overview of the history of the telenovela in Latin America within a pan-Latino context, including the way the genre crosses borders between Latin America and the United States. Telenovelas, a distinct variety of soap operas originating in Latin America, take up key issues of race, class, sexual identity and violence, interweaving stories with melodramatic romance and quests for identity. June Carolyn Erlick examines the social implications of telenovela themes in the context of the evolution of television as an integral part of the modernization of Latin American countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erlick, June Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

- Discovering Telenovelas

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Change Agents: Beyond the Melodrama

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Beyond Betty: Gender and Sexuality

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Gay Love, Gay Kisses

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Black, White and Brown: Telenovelas and Race

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Narconovelas: Beyond the News

Conclusions: Looking Backward and Going Forward

Über Autor(innen)

June Carolyn Erlick is Publications Director at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University and Editor-in-Chief of ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America.