telenovelas and narco-dramas in Latin America Benavides, O. Hugo creator text bibliography txu Austin University of Texas Press 2008 1st ed. monographic eng

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233 p. Melodrama 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. HKBU library by O. Hugo Benavides. YT2025 M08 Television soap operas Latin America Drugs in motion pictures Motion pictures Latin America PN1992 B456 D 2008 9780292717121 SDU 070416