Sex, soap, and society
Telenovela noir in Álvaro Uribe's Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12699255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Morgan (0000-0002-4997-0054, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-76 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1469-9524 • E-ISSN: 1470-1847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14701847.2013.830376 |
| OpenAlex | W2159665000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article explores the phenomenon of the narconovela, a variant of the telenovela which emerged in Colombia in the 2000s, gaining huge audiences and dominating the ratings. Taking as its starting point the seminal work of Jesús Martín-Barbero in the 1980s and 90s, it examines the critical reaction to these sensationalist crime stories, questioning the common assumption that their popularity confirms a decline in the moral values of the viewing public. Drawing parallels with film noir, it notes how the pleasure taken in viewing melodramatic and dystopian fictions reveals a number of social tensions without implying that what is in any case a highly diverse audience approves of what it sees on screen. Rather, it understands the narconovela as a dramatisation of the darkest aspects of Colombian common sense which is interpreted in different ways by different social subjects. As part of the argument, it provides a detailed analysis of Sin tetas no hay paraíso, the series which inaugurated the new subgenre, and concludes with the consideration of two small viewer surveys
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Dystopia · Literature · Media studies · Parallels · Pleasure · Political science · Popularity · Sensationalism · Sociology · Cinema History and Criticism · Cuban History and Society · History · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |