{"product_id":"dramatized-societies-quality-television-in-spain-and-mexico-9781800855922","title":"Dramatized Societies: Quality Television in Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the last decade Spain and Mexico have both produced an  extraordinary wealth of television drama. Drawing on both national practices of  production and reception and international theories of textual analysis this  book offers the first study of contemporary quality TV drama in two countries  where television has displaced cinema as the creative medium  that shapes the national narrative. As dramatized societies, Spain and Mexico  are thus at once reflected and refracted by the new series on the small screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews ‘A groundbreaking contribution  to Hispanic cultural and media studies. Highly readable and well structured,  the volume is a unique comparative transnational study of the two principal  Spanish-language television markets\/industries\/cultures. Such comparative  scholarship requires expertise on many levels in the two media cultures as well  as a grasp of conceptual and theoretic underpinnings of mass media in the  context of cultural studies, all of which Smith has in abundance and he uses  his knowledge to provide a richly detailed and stimulating reading.’ \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Marvin D'Lugo, Clark University\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Dramatized Societies\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely valuable contribution to cultural studies. The balanced combination of introductory critical discourses on relevant issues and close readings of individual works offers a very useful and fertile grounding for seminars and classes on contemporary Spanish and Latin-American television.'\u003cbr\u003eMario Santana, \u003ci\u003eBulletin of Spanish Visual Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Clear, yet erudite and peppered with witty asides, this book is as informative as it is pleasurable … This book works on multiple levels. Not only does it shed light upon little-known quality TV series, but on a meta-critical level, it is a model for successfully approaching the challenges of television studies.’ \u003cbr\u003eOlivia Cosentino,\u003ci\u003e Revista de Estudios Hispánicos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Cold Opens Part I: Spain 1 The TV Mini-series as historical memory: from the 23-F (TVE-1, 2009) to Marisol (Antena 3, 2009) (6803) 2 Transnational telenovela redux: Sin tetas no hay paraíso(Telecinco, 2008-9) (11162) 3 Youth culture in television: El internado (Antena 3, 2007-10), Física o química (Antena 3, 2008-11) (10513) 4 Post-colonial TV: El tiempo entre costuras (Antena 3, 2013-14) and El Príncipe (Telecinco, 2014) (13552) Part II: Mexico 5 Educational TV: XY (Canal 11, 2009-12) (11448) 6 Aesthetic TV: Soy tu fan (Canal 11, 2010-12), Pacientes(Canal 11, 2012-13) (9106) 7 Race on TV: Crónica de castas (Canal 11, 2014) (9876) 8 HBO Latino Effect: Capadocia (HBO Latino, 2008-12)(11442) Conclusion: Love Bites \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360138821975,"sku":"9781800855922","price":31.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800855922.jpg?v=1754126781","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dramatized-societies-quality-television-in-spain-and-mexico-9781800855922","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}