Telenovela Heroines
I first became interested in telenovelas as an academic subject when, more than thirty years ago, I heard my then two-year-old daughter sing a song for the first time. It was the opening…
Read MoreDec 23, 2017 | Telenovelas, Women and Sexuality
I first became interested in telenovelas as an academic subject when, more than thirty years ago, I heard my then two-year-old daughter sing a song for the first time. It was the opening…
Read MoreNov 3, 2017 | Telenovelas, Vignettes
You are not going to believe the telenovela I’ve been watching—I’m sitting here at home on Boston’s North Shore but streaming it from Guatemala. The historical plot is supposed to take…
Read MoreNov 3, 2017 | New Audiences, New Forms, Telenovelas
The father of a friend of mine became hooked on Avenida Brasil, a Brazilian telenovela that was a hit in several Latin American countries. Every night, as he sat down to watch the telenovela, he…
Read MoreJan 14, 2017 | Displacements, Focus on Colombia
The two of us, leading an Emerson College international program, had just finished three weeks of round-the-clock work making a short documentary film with community…
Read MoreJan 14, 2017 | Displacements, Exploring the Arts
Transitioning back to cold in Boston invites me to a weekend of movies on Netflix. A curiosity self-justified, as research interest cascades into shameless binge watching…
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