Television Drama in Mexico : From Broadcast to Streaming

Smith, Paul Julian

Edinburgh University Press（2026/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 156 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399560528

Full Description

This book analyzes, for the first time, innovative Mexican television drama of the current decade. It provides an account of the processes of production and reception for seven series, offering close textual readings of individual episodes. At this critical time for the medium, the transition between national network television (Televisa) and transnational streaming platforms (Netflix andAmazon Prime), Mexican creators, mainly women, have responded with new and exciting innovations.

The book focuses on three genres. First, it shows how the much despised and loved heritage telenovela, addressed primarily to a female audience, has adapted to changed circumstances by addressing once taboo social issues and how a classic broadcast title is adapted for a new platform. Second, it examines fiction series and true crime titles, which investigate the key and troubled topic of the legal process in Mexico. And third, it addresses the key new genre of the bio-series in its multimedia context, focusing on a celebrated wrestler and movie star.

Contents

Introduction: Genre, Crime, Multimedia

Part I. Dramatic Genres
1. Didactic Telenovela and Social Marketing: The Vencer Franchise (Televisa, 2020-)

2. Historical Telenovela and Legacy Television: The Remake of El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar (ViX, 2024)

Part II. Crime and Punishment
3. Politics and Philosophy in Two Mexican Streaming Thrillers: Ingobernable ('Uncontrollable' [Netflix, 2017]) and El candidato ('The Candidate' [Amazon Prime, 2020])

4. True Crime Documentary and Drama Series in Mexico: The Death and After-Lives of Paco Stanley

Part III Multimedia Bio-Series
5. Multimedia Wrestler: Blue Demon in Cinema, Bio-Series, Novel, and Exhibition Space

6. Post-Authoritarian Movie Star: ViX's María Félix, la doña (2022)

Conclusion: An Unstoppable Advance?