| From Telenovelas to Netflix: Transnational, Transverse Television in Latin America 2021 Edition Contributor(s): Straubhaar, Joseph (Author), Santillana, Melissa (Author), de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Vanessa (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030774694 ISBN-13: 9783030774691 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Popular Culture - Performing Arts | Television - General |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.15 lbs) 265 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about television in Latin America. Its national and regional industries create most television programming there within genres developed over time in the region. However, part of the programming has always come from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. With cable, satellite and now streaming TV, that inflow of foreign programming has increased substantially. While many in the audience still prefer national or regional programs for their cultural proximity, an increasing number among the upper-middle and middle classes, particularly the young, are turning to the new foreign services, like Netflix, Amazon and Disney for class distinction, cosmopolitanism or other motives. Among the television industries, global, regional and national actors are creating a variety of programs and channels (broadcast, pay-TV and streaming) to segment and appeal to different parts of the audience. |