02641cam a2200505 a 4500 86204 20230410130554.0 070416s2008 txu b s001 0 eng 2007015807 (OCoLC)ocn123377324 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP C#P UKM SHH TSU TBS GBA869735 bnb 014622530 Uk 9780292714502 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292714505 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292717121 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292717121 (pbk. : alk. paper) AU@ 000041564470 NLGGC 310458145 (OCoLC)123377324 cl----- PN 1992.8 B456d 2008 791.45/6 GRAL Benavides, O. Hugo (Oswald Hugo), 1968- Drugs, thugs, and divas : telenovelas and narco-dramas in Latin America / by Oswald Hugo Benavides. Austin, E.U.A. : University of Texas Press, 2008. x, 233 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-227) and index. 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. Television soap operas Latin America. Soap operas Drugs in motion pictures. Motion pictures Latin America. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015807.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007015807-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007015807-d.html Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007488965 Baker & Taylor BKTY 55.00 55.00 0292714505 0007488965 active Baker & Taylor BKTY 24.95 24.95 0292717121 0007488964 active YBP Library Services YANK 2788258 lcc bk C0 DRFGD web 76381 76381 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 1992.8 B456d 2008 00000077712 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk