{"product_id":"drugs-thugs-and-divas-9780292717121","title":"Drugs Thugs and Divas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive analysis of South American telenovelas and Mexican narco-dramas and their role in shaping popular culture throughout the Americas and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drugs, Thugs, and Divas offers a truly original contribution to studies of Latin American popular culture. The book treats two genres whose popularity is growing exponentially within and outside of Latin America, and its extended, nuanced investigation of narco-dramas, in particular, makes it a truly cutting-edge study.\" Ruby Tapia, Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Melodrama as Ambiguous Signifier: Latin American Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Seeing \u003ci\u003eXica\u003c\/i\u003e and the Melodramatic Unveiling of Colonial Desire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Producing the Global West through Latin Tales of Seduction and Envy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Karen's Seduction: The Racial Politics of Appropriate Dinner Guests \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. A Mother's Wrath and the Complex Disjuncturing of Class \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Being Narco: The Evolution of a Continental Sensibility \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Saintly Figures and Icons: The Migration of a Continental Dream \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eLa Reina del Sur\u003c\/i\u003e: Gender, Racial, and National Contestations of Regional Identity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Sex, Drugs, and \u003ci\u003eCumbia\u003c\/i\u003e: The Hybrid Nature of Culture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Politics of Melodrama \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Postscript: \u003ci\u003eUgly Betty\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400852152663,"sku":"9780292717121","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/drugs-thugs-and-divas-9780292717121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}