BRAZILIAN WOMANHOOD IN THE PRIME TIME TELENOVELA : A textual analysis of Aguinaldo Silva s "Senhora do Destino"

ISBN-13: 9783639150889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 100 str.

Samantha N. Joyce

Opis

For nine months during the year 2005 forty fivemillion Brazilian viewers tuned in to TV Globo everynight to watch the telenovela 'Senhora do Destino'.Telenovelas are the most popular television programin that country and are exported to more than 140countries worldwide. The textual analysis of'Senhora' demonstrates how Brazilian writers andproducers use the narrative and popularity oftelenovelas to construct a Brazilian female identity,while at the same time offering an opportunity toempower women.

O autorze

Samantha Joyce is a journalist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She
has a Masters degree in Radio and Broadcasting from San Francisco
State University and is currently an instructor in the
Communication Studies Department at the University of Iowa, where
she is pursuing a Doctorate degree in Media Studies.