Overview

This book provides an inclusive and intersectional look into television from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. Each of the essays, written by international scholars across various disciplines, offer close textual analyses of popular series from Mexico, Spain, Brazil and Cuba, these include La casa de papel (2017-2021), Drag Race España (2021-), Inés del alma mía (2020) and El ministerio del tiempo (2015). The detailed case studies of seminal local and global hits provide overdue critical attention to Latin American television programming, highlighting on screen representations of gendered identities and the role of online streaming in facilitating social change. The collection goes on to explore recent industrial changes through first hand interviews with prominent practitioners such as Veronica Fernandez and Leticia Dolera. Discussing a broad range of genres including the telenovela, melodrama, historical drama and reality TV, alongside critical theories of media and gender, the collection contextualises and interrogates representational practices in Spanish television programming.

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Author:   Anja Louis (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,  Abigail Loxham (University of Liverpool, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781350404649

ISBN 10:   1350404640
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Reflecting On Transnational TV Studies - Paul Julian Smith (Graduate Centre CUNY, USA) Introduction - Anja Louis (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) And Abigail Loxham (University Of Liverpool, UK) Section 1 - Women In Spain: Creation And Representation 1. Women Creators And Contemporary Spanish Fiction Series: Veronica Fernandez, Leticia Dolera And The Challenging Development Of Female Authorship. - Concepción Cascajosa Virinio (University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain) 2. A Voice(Over) Of One’s Own: Female Voices And Authorship In La Casa De Papel - Fiona Noble (University Of Stirling, UK) 3. From Indictment To Aestheticisation: The Prostitution System In The Series O Sabor Das Margaridas - Jaqueline Cruz (Independent Researcher, USA) Section 2 - Queer TV In Spain And Mexico 4. Queer Memory In Contemporary Spanish Digital TV: Paquita Salas, Veneno And Maricón Perdido’ - Miguel Garcia (University Of Bristol, UK) 5. Yas Queen And Olé: National And Transnational Queer Identities And Traditions In Drag Race España -Asier Gil Vazquez (University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain) 6. Diverse Party!: Queer Presences In Hegemonic Places, And Analysis Of Sexual Diversity In Acapulco Shore - Francisco Marin (Phd Candidate At Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico) Section 3 - Gender And Genre In Latin America 7. Can They Love Each Other? It Depends: Gendered Representation Of Age Difference In A Telenovela - Carolina Acosta Alzuru (University Of Georgia, USA) 8. Cuando Una Mujer: Popular Television, Gendered Care Work And Feminist Debates In Cuba - Rebecca Ogden (University Of Kent, UK) 9. Narrative Eco-Systems And The Appeal Of The Melodrama: The Case Of The Mexican Limited Series -Niamh Thornton (University Of Liverpool, UK) Section 4 - Women And History On Spanish TV 10. Updating The Conquest Of America: Historical Revisionism, Feminism, And Interculturality In The TV Series Inés Del Alma Mía - López Rodríguez (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan) And Raya Bravo, (University Of Seville, Spain) 11. The Time Of Gender: National History, Anachronism And Gender Roles In El Ministerio Del Tiempo -Rodrigo Lopez Martinez (Phd Candidate At University Of Manchester, UK) 12. TV History Lessons: Nursing Narratives - Anja Louis (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) Conclusion Bibliography Index

Reviews

Crammed with expertise, this ground-breaking anthology illuminates a wide range of television from Spain and Latin America. Examining mainstream and niche programmes and series on streaming platforms and public channels, this vital and fascinating volume investigates genres, gender, and diversity in production and reception, displaying all the thrilling variety and complexity of televisual forms, themes, aesthetics, audiences and their viewing habits. -- Rob Stone * Professor of Film Studies, University of Birmingham, UK *

Author Information

Abigail Loxham is Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Film Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is author of Cinema at the edges: New encounters with Julio Medem, Bigas Luna and José Luis Guerín (2014). She has published widely on Spanish cinema with a focus on Catalonia, gender and memory. Anja Louis is Reader in Cultural and Intercultural Studies and REF coordinator at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is author of Women and the Law: Carmen de Burgos (2005) and co-editor of Multiple Modernities: Carmen de Burgos, Author and Activist (2017). She has published widely in the fields of gender studies and popular culture.

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