Gender and Contemporary Television in Iberia and Latin America: Identities and Social Change

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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 Espaa (2021-), Ins del alma ma (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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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, University of Birmingham, UK
Gender and Contemporary Television in Iberia and Latin America is an extremely rich collective of essays written by experts in the field. In the best tradition of cultural studies, it provides insights into some of the most popular and cutting-edge televisual content from Spain and Latin America on our screens. The authors focus on feminism, gender and sexuality reveal important cultural shifts both on screen and off screen. -- Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth, UK
This study poses an excellent introduction into the issues of gender and sexuality in Hispanic television. Each essay provides both deep analysis of individual shows, and a more comprehensive overview of the different ecosystems of Spanish-language television. This is must-read TV! -- Vinodh Venkatesh, Virginia Tech, USA

Author Bio

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 Jos Luis Guern (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.