Miami in the Transnationalization of the Telenovela Industry: On Territoriality and Globalization.

DANIEL MATO

JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES

Carfax Publishing – Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2002 vol. 11 p. 195 - 213

1356-9325

<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:none; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 85.05pt 70.85pt 85.05pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> This essay1 examines certain aspects of the telenovela or soap opera industryand, in particular, the processes by which, in the last few years, the city of Miamihas become consolidated as a ‘territorial’ point of reference for the transnationalization of this industry: as a headquarters for the distributors of Latin-American telenovelas and other televisual products, and for companies making andmarketing these products for ‘Hispanic’ audiences in the United States and LatinAmerica; as a city where the writers, actors, directors, producers and techniciansinvolved in the industry reside, and as a location for particular scenes, or evenentire story-lines, such that it may impact directly as a dramatic setting on thelives of central characters in certain telenovelas.