Drugs, Thugs, and Divas Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America

Name: Drugs, Thugs, and Divas Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America
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ISBN: 9780292717121

ISBN-10: 0292717121

ISBN-13: 9780292717121

Edition: 2008

Authors: O. Hugo Benavides

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Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operastelenovelashave found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dramas have become highly popular among Latinos in the United States. In this first comprehensive analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas, Hugo Benavides assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful while more elite cultural productions are declining in popularity. Benavides offers close readings of the Colombian…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 245
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University.O. Hugo Benavides is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Latin American and Latino Studies, and International Political Economy and Development at Fordham University in Bronx, New York.



Acknowledgments



Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas






Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire



Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy



Karen's Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests



A Mother's Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class






Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility



Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream



La Reina del Sur: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity



Sex, Drugs, and Cumbia: The Hybrid Nature of Culture



Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama


Postscript: Ugly Betty


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