Telenovelas and society
Constructing and reinforcing the nation through television fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7525819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María del Mar Chicharro Merayo (0000-0001-7510-1373, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-225 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1367549412467178 |
| OpenAlex | W2131297466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study focuses on certain aspects of the socialising function exerted by the medium of television. More specifically, it examines in detail some of the televisual strategies used by Spanish public television to reinforce the idea of Spain as ‘state’ and ‘nation’. To achieve this, the study analyses two telenovelas produced in Spain, La Señora ( The Lady) and Amar en tiempos revueltos ( Loving in Troubled Times), which represent the adaptation of the genre to the cultural characteristics of its target audience. Although both series adhere to the principal rules of this melodramatic formula, they propose, in a similar way, an exercise of interpreting the country’s recent history. They explain and interpret the past of this society, thus justifying the collective present day. The analysis of both texts allows us to identify some of the semantic keys used today by the television media to evoke and legitimate the idea of the Spanish nation
Advertising · Function (biology · Media studies · Sociology · State (computer science · Television series · Television studies · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Cinema and Media Studies · Spanish Culture and Identity
Risk and Culture of Health Portrayal in a U.S. Cross-Cultural TV Adaptation, a Pilot Study
Television and identities
Historia española y personajes femeninos. Representaciones de mujer en la ficción histórica española
Unsettling a sacred relationship
Rescreening history from below
Who Feels at Home? Whiteness and the Politics of Belonging in the Flemish Soap Opera Thuis
Living Telenovelas/Telenovelizing Life
Glocalization
Beyond media imperialism
"I'm Not a Feminist…I Only Defend Women as Human Beings"
Political Controversies in Brazilian TV Fiction
Cultural identity in the community soap
News- Values and Fiction- Values
The Production of Television Fiction and Nation Building
Language and Culture as Ultimate Barriers? An Analysis of the Circulation, Consumption and Popularity of Fiction in Small European Countries
Pleasuring body parts
Public service television and national identity as a project of modernity
Irish-language broadcasting
Places, Faces, and Other Familiar Things
Cultural Identity
Selling Political Integrity
Contemporary Hi(stories) of Mexico
The Nation as a Political Stage
Opening America
Class Interpretations of a Soap Opera Narrative
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |