Drugs, Thugs, and Divas : : Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America / / O. Hugo Benavides.
Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dra...
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Benavides, O. Hugo, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Drugs, Thugs, and Divas : Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America / O. Hugo Benavides. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2008 1 online resource (245 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- One. Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas -- Part One -- Two. Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire -- Three. Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy -- Four. Karen’s Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests -- Five. A Mother’s Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class -- Part Two -- Six. Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility -- Seven. Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream -- Eight. La Reina del Sur: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity -- Nine. Sex, Drugs, and Cumbia: The Hybrid Nature of Culture -- Ten. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama -- Postscript. Ugly Betty -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have 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 telenovelas Betty la fea (along with its Mexican and U.S. reincarnations La fea más bella and Ugly Betty), Adrián está de visita, and Pasión de gavilanes; the Brazilian historical telenovela Xica; and a variety of Mexican narco-drama films. Situating these melodramas within concrete historical developments in Latin America, he shows how telenovelas and narco-dramas serve to unite peoples of various countries and provide a voice of rebellion against often-oppressive governmental systems. Indeed, Benavides concludes that as one of the most effective and lucrative industries in Latin America, telenovelas and narco-dramas play a key role in the ongoing reconfiguration of social identities and popular culture. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Drugs in motion pictures. Motion pictures Latin America. Television soap operas Latin America. PERFORMING ARTS / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/714502 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292794665 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292794665/original |
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Benavides, O. Hugo, Benavides, O. Hugo, Drugs, Thugs, and Divas : Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America / Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- One. Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas -- Part One -- Two. Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire -- Three. Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy -- Four. Karen’s Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests -- Five. A Mother’s Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class -- Part Two -- Six. Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility -- Seven. Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream -- Eight. La Reina del Sur: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity -- Nine. Sex, Drugs, and Cumbia: The Hybrid Nature of Culture -- Ten. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama -- Postscript. Ugly Betty -- References -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- One. Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas -- Part One -- Two. Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire -- Three. Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy -- Four. Karen’s Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests -- Five. A Mother’s Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class -- Part Two -- Six. Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility -- Seven. Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream -- Eight. La Reina del Sur: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity -- Nine. Sex, Drugs, and Cumbia: The Hybrid Nature of Culture -- Ten. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama -- Postscript. Ugly Betty -- References -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- One. Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas -- Part One -- Two. Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire -- Three. Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy -- Four. Karen’s Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests -- Five. A Mother’s Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class -- Part Two -- Six. Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility -- Seven. Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream -- Eight. La Reina del Sur: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity -- Nine. Sex, Drugs, and Cumbia: The Hybrid Nature of Culture -- Ten. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama -- Postscript. Ugly Betty -- References -- Index |
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