Doña Bárbara Unleashed From Venezuelan Plains to International Screen.
Lehtinen, Jenni M.
Doña Bárbara Unleashed From Venezuelan Plains to International Screen. - 1 online resource (212 pages). - Iberian and Latin American Studies .
Description based upon print version of record. Back Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Doña Bárbara, Her Critics, Her Story and Her Fans -- Chapter 1: 'The Legend of María Transformed into the Doña' -- Fernando de Fuentes's Launching of a Legend on Screen (1943) -- Chapter 2: 'From the Point of View of the Woman' -- Doña Bárbara as Seen by Betty Kaplan (1998) -- Chapter 3: Doña Bárbara Reborn -- Entering the New Millennium on the Small Screen (2008) -- Chapter 4: Simply La Doña (2016) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
By comparing different screen adaptations of the story of Rómulo Gallegos's notorious villainess, Doña Bárbara Unleashed reveals how over the years subversively strong female characters have become increasingly accepted by society and welcomed by audiences.
9781786836878 9781786836885
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --Film adaptations.
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --Television adaptations.
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --
Women in motion pictures.
Women on television.
Electronic Books.
PQ8549 / .D633 2021
Doña Bárbara Unleashed From Venezuelan Plains to International Screen. - 1 online resource (212 pages). - Iberian and Latin American Studies .
Description based upon print version of record. Back Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Doña Bárbara, Her Critics, Her Story and Her Fans -- Chapter 1: 'The Legend of María Transformed into the Doña' -- Fernando de Fuentes's Launching of a Legend on Screen (1943) -- Chapter 2: 'From the Point of View of the Woman' -- Doña Bárbara as Seen by Betty Kaplan (1998) -- Chapter 3: Doña Bárbara Reborn -- Entering the New Millennium on the Small Screen (2008) -- Chapter 4: Simply La Doña (2016) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
By comparing different screen adaptations of the story of Rómulo Gallegos's notorious villainess, Doña Bárbara Unleashed reveals how over the years subversively strong female characters have become increasingly accepted by society and welcomed by audiences.
9781786836878 9781786836885
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --Film adaptations.
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --Television adaptations.
Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969 --
Women in motion pictures.
Women on television.
Electronic Books.
PQ8549 / .D633 2021