Telenovelas
Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood (2010), ix, 144 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: <span class="attribute-to-highlight commbox">Ilan</span> <span class="attribute-to-highlight commbox">Stavans</span> Library of Latino Civilization
ISBN 978-0-313-36493-8 (ebook); 978-0-313-36492-1 (hbk)
"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." (Publisher description)
I. PANORAMAS
What Is This Thing Called Soap Opera? Laura Stempel Mumford, 3
The International Telenovela Debate and the Contra-Flow Argument: A Reappraisal / Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers, 33
Telenovelas and Soap Operas: Negotiating Reality from the Periphery / Christina Slade, 51
Romancing the Globe / Ibsen Martínez, 61
Understanding Telenovelas as a Cultural Front: A Complex Analysis of a Complex Reality / Jorge González, 68
Opening America? The Telenovela-ization of U.S. Soap Operas / Denise D. Bielby and C. Lee Harrington, 79
Engaging the Audience: The Social Imagery of the Novela / Reginald Clifford, 93
II. CASE STUDIES
Cultural Identity: Between Reality and Fiction: A Transformation of Genre and Roles in Mexican Telenovelas / María de la Luz Casas Pérez, 103
Fact or Fiction? Narrative and Reality in the Mexican Telenovela / Rosalind C. Pearson, 110
Whose Life in the Mirror? Examining Three Mexican Telenovelas as Cultural and Commercial Products / Laura J. Beard, 116
What Is This Thing Called Soap Opera? Laura Stempel Mumford, 3
The International Telenovela Debate and the Contra-Flow Argument: A Reappraisal / Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers, 33
Telenovelas and Soap Operas: Negotiating Reality from the Periphery / Christina Slade, 51
Romancing the Globe / Ibsen Martínez, 61
Understanding Telenovelas as a Cultural Front: A Complex Analysis of a Complex Reality / Jorge González, 68
Opening America? The Telenovela-ization of U.S. Soap Operas / Denise D. Bielby and C. Lee Harrington, 79
Engaging the Audience: The Social Imagery of the Novela / Reginald Clifford, 93
II. CASE STUDIES
Cultural Identity: Between Reality and Fiction: A Transformation of Genre and Roles in Mexican Telenovelas / María de la Luz Casas Pérez, 103
Fact or Fiction? Narrative and Reality in the Mexican Telenovela / Rosalind C. Pearson, 110
Whose Life in the Mirror? Examining Three Mexican Telenovelas as Cultural and Commercial Products / Laura J. Beard, 116
