Telenovela: A Reader
Telenovela: A Reader
This book looks at how telenovelas, as popular entertainment and global commodities, have conveyed Latin American social, political and economic values.
Telenovela: A Reader examines how telenovelas, as both popular entertainment and global commodities, have conveyed Latin American social, political and economic values to national and international audiences. As the most widely circulated cultural product of postwar Latin America, telenovelas have been central to inter-American cultural dialogue, with many productions becoming transnational hits. The volume offers an account of the genre, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective―spanning sociology, anthropology, literature, performance, film and art history―in documenting the histories and ongoing afterlives of a form that remains deeply embedded in Latin American and Latinx culture.
The publication Telenovela: A Reader was published to accompany the exhibition Telenovela.
WITH ESSAYS BY:
- Carolina Acosta-Alzuru
- Alberto Barrera Tyszka
- Mila Burns
- Álvaro Cueva
- Samantha Nogueira Joyce
- Daniel Link
- Cecilia Palmeiro
- Omar Rincón
- Paul Julian Smith
- Rosane Svartman
- Liliana Viola
- Amy E. Wright
The program will feature a panel conversation with the publication’s co-editors Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Mariano López Seoane.
