Latin American Economic & Social Serials
Author: Committee on Latin America
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 200
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Author: Committee on Latin America
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Committee on Latin America
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Committee on Latin America (England)
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Committee on Latin America (LONDON)
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780208008633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Walker
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA la cabeza de la portada : The committee on Latin American.
Author: Committee on Latin America
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 200
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. J. Walford
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: O. Hugo Benavides
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009-03-16
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0292782969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoap 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.