Telenovelas.

By: Stavans, IlanContributor(s): Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture IlanMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization SerPublisher: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2010Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (155 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780313364938Subject(s): Television soap operas -- Latin America -- History and criticism | Television soap operas -- Social aspects -- Latin AmericaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: TelenovelasDDC classification: 791.45/6 LOC classification: PN1992.8.S4T4435Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- I: PANORAMAS -- What Is This Thing Called Soap Opera? -- The International Telenovela Debate and the Contra-Flow Argument: A Reappraisal -- Telenovelas and Soap Operas: Negotiating Reality from the Periphery -- Romancing the Globe -- Understanding Telenovelas as a Cultural Front: A Complex Analysis of a Complex Reality -- Opening America? The Telenovela-ization of U.S. Soap Operas -- Engaging the Audience: The Social Imagery of the Novela -- II: CASE STUDIES -- Cultural Identity: Between Reality and Fiction: A Transformation of Genre and Roles in Mexican Telenovelas -- Fact or Fiction? Narrative and Reality in the Mexican Telenovela -- Whose Life in the Mirror? Examining Three Mexican Telenovelas as Cultural and Commercial Products -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Editor and Contributors.
Summary: Drama! Excess! Men in bee suits! Often erroneously compared to soap operas of the United States, outside of the necessary and sometimes fantastical dramatic story arc, however, the telenovela differs greatly from U.S. soap operas and have regional and cultural distinctions throughout Latin America. In Telenovelas, Ilan Stavans has gathered over two-dozen essays covering the telenovela for readers to better understand the phenomenon and its myriad layers. Branching off from radionovelas, the telenovela was exported from pre-Castro Cuba during the 1950s. The essays found in Telenovelas covers a broad view of the genre, television's impact in Latino culture, as well as more in-depth discussions of specific telenovelas throughout the Spanish-speaking television audience in the North America. Also explored is how telenovelas depict stereotypes, respond to gender and class roles, and examines the differences in topic and thematic choices as well as production values unique to each country.
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Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- I: PANORAMAS -- What Is This Thing Called Soap Opera? -- The International Telenovela Debate and the Contra-Flow Argument: A Reappraisal -- Telenovelas and Soap Operas: Negotiating Reality from the Periphery -- Romancing the Globe -- Understanding Telenovelas as a Cultural Front: A Complex Analysis of a Complex Reality -- Opening America? The Telenovela-ization of U.S. Soap Operas -- Engaging the Audience: The Social Imagery of the Novela -- II: CASE STUDIES -- Cultural Identity: Between Reality and Fiction: A Transformation of Genre and Roles in Mexican Telenovelas -- Fact or Fiction? Narrative and Reality in the Mexican Telenovela -- Whose Life in the Mirror? Examining Three Mexican Telenovelas as Cultural and Commercial Products -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Editor and Contributors.

Drama! Excess! Men in bee suits! Often erroneously compared to soap operas of the United States, outside of the necessary and sometimes fantastical dramatic story arc, however, the telenovela differs greatly from U.S. soap operas and have regional and cultural distinctions throughout Latin America. In Telenovelas, Ilan Stavans has gathered over two-dozen essays covering the telenovela for readers to better understand the phenomenon and its myriad layers. Branching off from radionovelas, the telenovela was exported from pre-Castro Cuba during the 1950s. The essays found in Telenovelas covers a broad view of the genre, television's impact in Latino culture, as well as more in-depth discussions of specific telenovelas throughout the Spanish-speaking television audience in the North America. Also explored is how telenovelas depict stereotypes, respond to gender and class roles, and examines the differences in topic and thematic choices as well as production values unique to each country.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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