Telenovelas and representations of national identity in Brazil

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Porto, Mauro ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hegemony; mediation; national identity; political communication; representation; telenovelas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251491052     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443710385500     Document Type: Article

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