Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to Now Wright Amy E.
No book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--striking tales of glory, of fame, of colorful epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in…
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No book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--striking tales of glory, of fame, of colorful epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in comics, radio, and television soap operas. Amy Wright's colorful multidisciplinary Serial Mexico delves deep into this rich national storytelling tradition for the first time: examining nostalgic tales told and reimagined from popular novelas to radionovelas then telenovelas and onwards, examining the enduring foundational figures woven into the very fabric of society, from the country's beginnings into the twenty-first century.This panoramic view offers a glimpse into how the Mexican people have experienced their stories from the country's early days until now, showcasing a penchant for protagonists that mock authority, that make light of hierarchy, that