Drugs, thugs, and divas : telenovelas and narco-dramas in Latin America / by O. Hugo Benavides.

Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas--telenovelas--have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-d...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Benavides, O. Hugo (Oswald Hugo), 1968-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Television soap operas > Latin America. Drugs in motion pictures. Motion pictures > Latin America. Motion pictures. Television soap operas. Latin America.