Gender and Contemporary Television in Iberia and Latin America

Abigail Loxham is Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Film Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is author of Cinema at the edges: New encounters with Julio Medem, Bigas Luna and José Luis Guerín (2014). She has published widely on Spanish cinema with a focus on Catalonia, gender and memory.Anja Louis is Reader in Cultural and Intercultural Studies and REF coordinator at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is author of Women and the Law: Carmen de Burgos (2005) and co-editor of Multiple Modernities: Carmen de Burgos, Author and Activist (2017). She has published widely in the fields of gender studies and popular culture.

Crammed with expertise, this ground-breaking anthology illuminates a wide range of television from Spain and Latin America. Examining mainstream and niche programmes and series on streaming platforms and public channels, this vital and fascinating volume investigates genres, gender, and diversity in production and reception, displaying all the thrilling variety and complexity of televisual forms, themes, aesthetics, audiences and their viewing habits.

• Foreword - Paul Julian Smith (Graduate Centre CUNY, USA)Introduction - Anja Louis (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) And Abigail Loxham (University Of Liverpool, UK)I: Women in Spain: Creation and Representation1. Gender Violence, Netflix and Mediations of Popular Feminism in Spain: The case of Alba and No estás sola: la lucha contra la manada - Abigail Loxham2. A Voice(Over) of One’s Own: Female Voices and Authorship in La casa de papel - Fiona Noble (University Of Stirling, UK) 3. From Indictment to Aestheticisation: The Prostitution System in the Series O sabor das margaridas - Jaqueline Cruz (Independent Researcher, USA)II: Queer TV in Spain and Mexico4. Queer Memory in Contemporary Spanish Digital TV: Paquita Salas, Veneno and Maricón perdido - Miguel García (University Of Bristol, UK)5. Yas queen and olé: National and Transnational Queer Identities and Traditions in Drag Race España - Asier Gil Vázquez (University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain)6. Diverse Party: Queer Presences in Hegemonic Places, and Analysis of Sexual Diversity in Acapulco Shore - Francisco Marin (Phd Candidate At Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)III: Gender and Genre in Latin America7. Can They Love Each Other? It Depends: Gendered Representation of Age Difference in a Telenovela - Carolina Acosta Alzuru (University Of Georgia, USA)8. Cuando una mujer: Popular Television, Gendered Care Work and Feminist Debates in Cuba - Rebecca Ogden (University Of Kent, UK)9. Narrative Eco-Systems, Modular Mutuality, and Dynamism: The Case of The Mexican Limited Series Somos - Niamh Thornton (University Of Liverpool, UK)IV: Women and History on Spanish TV10. Updating the Conquest of America. Historical Revisionism, Feminism, and Interculturality in Inés del alma mía - Francisco López Rodríguez (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan) And Irene Raya Bravo, (University Of Seville, Spain)11. The Time of Gender: National History, Anachronism and Gender Roles in El ministerio del tiempo - Rodrigo López Martínez (Phd Candidate At University Of Manchester, UK)12. Embodied Care and Compassion: Nursing in Tiempo de guerra - Anja LouisList of ReferencesIndex