LEADER 04024nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910816007503321 005 20230721032458.0 010 $a0-292-79466-5 024 7 $a10.7560/714502 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533866 035 $a(OCoLC)567995488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245816 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141690 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157782 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141690 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10090333 035 $a(PQKB)10893407 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443324 035 $a(OCoLC)234183846 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2339 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443324 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245816 035 $a(DE-B1597)587235 035 $a(OCoLC)1286807326 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292794665 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533866 100 $a20070416d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDrugs, thugs, and divas$b[electronic resource] $etelenovelas and narco-dramas in Latin America /$fby O. Hugo Benavides 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71450-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMelodrama as ambiguous signifier: latin american telenovelas and Narco-dramas -- Seeing Xica and the Melodramatic unveiling of colonial desire -- Producing the global west through latin tales of seduction and enby -- Karen's seduction: the racial politics of appropriate dinner guests -- A mother's wrath and the complex disjuncturing of class -- Being narco: the evolution of a continental sensibility -- Saintly figures and icons: the migration of a continental dream -- La reina del sur: Gender, racial, and national contestations of regional identity -- Sex, drugs, and cumbia: the hybrid nature of culture -- Conclusion: the postcolonial politics of melodrama -- Ugly Betty. 330 $aSoap 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. 606 $aDrugs in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zLatin America 606 $aTelevision soap operas$zLatin America 615 0$aDrugs in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures 615 0$aTelevision soap operas 676 $a791.45/6 700 $aBenavides$b O. Hugo$g(Oswald Hugo),$f1968-$01595952 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816007503321 996 $aDrugs, thugs, and divas$93979140 997 $aUNINA