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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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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