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representations of masculinity and femininity as portrayed in selected `telenovela'
- Date Issued:
- 1991
- Summary:
- Latin American television is dominated with locally produced programs especially telenovela. This genre has become very popular in Latin American countries. The popularity of these programs would infer that they would show the ideals of the machismo--active, aggressive masculinity--and marianismo--inactive, passive, self-denying female. These concepts are used within Latin American societies to describe men's and women's normative behaviors. One major problem with these two concepts is their applications to men and women of all classes. An analysis of selected telenovela shows that the male and female characters behaviors are interrelated with class. Class consideration is important before gender polarizations can be defined.
Title: | The representations of masculinity and femininity as portrayed in selected `telenovela'. |
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Name(s): |
Nivillac, Mariela Alejandra. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Fejes, Fred A., Thesis advisor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1991 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 79 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Latin American television is dominated with locally produced programs especially telenovela. This genre has become very popular in Latin American countries. The popularity of these programs would infer that they would show the ideals of the machismo--active, aggressive masculinity--and marianismo--inactive, passive, self-denying female. These concepts are used within Latin American societies to describe men's and women's normative behaviors. One major problem with these two concepts is their applications to men and women of all classes. An analysis of selected telenovela shows that the male and female characters behaviors are interrelated with class. Class consideration is important before gender polarizations can be defined. | |
Identifier: | 14686 (digitool), FADT14686 (IID), fau:11477 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991. |
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Subject(s): |
Soap operas--Latin America Women in television Machismo Television programs--Latin America |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14686 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |