Telenovelas in Pan-Latino Context

by June Carolyn Erlick

Book Overview

This concise book provides an accessible overview of the history of the telenovela in Latin America within a pan-Latino context, including the way the genre crosses borders between Latin America and the United States. Telenovelas, a distinct variety of soap operas originating in Latin America, take up key issues of race, class, sexual identity and violence, interweaving stories with melodramatic romance and quests for identity. June Carolyn Erlick...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138681768
• ISBN13: 9781138681767
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"