Streaming Spain and Mexico
Hispanic TV Fiction
Will be published approx. on 13. November 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-80596-867-2 (ISBN)
Description
Streaming Spain and Mexico: Hispanic TV Fiction *critically examines how streaming platforms are swiftly becoming powerful agents of cultural transmission, shaping values and sociocultural change, with fictional TV series as one of their essential vehicles. This edited collection centres on the increasing importance and prominence of Spanish-language streaming content, whose global audience continues to grow. The volume features leading national and international scholars in this academic field and covers a range of diverse themes: the formation of streaming canons across platforms, creators, and historical contexts; the centrality of crime fiction-particularly narratives involving female detectives, narcos, and adaptations; and the ways streaming platforms foster diversity, examining gender, queer identities, and family dynamics. Ultimately, *Streaming Spain and Mexico: Hispanic TV Fiction demonstrates how streaming media and the content they host are reshaping new modes of representation and cultural understanding.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80596-867-2 (9781805968672)
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Persons
Fiona Noble is a Researcher of Contemporary Spanish Cinema and Television, and a Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Xavier Dapena is Assistant Professor of Spanish and World Film Studies and Director of the World Film Studies program at Iowa State University, focusing on contemporary Spanish visual culture and media.
Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Editors' Introduction: The Hispanic TV Series in the Age of Streaming Reproducibility
Xavier Dapena and Fiona Noble
Section 1: Streaming Canons: Platforms, Authors, Histories
Chapter 1: The Canon of Televisual Fiction in the RTVE Play Catalogue
Maria Jose Higueras-Ruiz, Maria Marcos-Ramos, and Teresa Martin-Garcia
Chapter 2: From Film to Streaming TV: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Pena's Television Authorship in Antidisturbios (2020)
Fernando Sanchez Lopez
Chapter 3: 'Glamorization' of the Spanish Civil War and the Postwar: El tiempo entre costuras and Los pacientes del doctor Garcia
Nelida Devesa-Gome
Chapter 4: Local Histories, Glocal Identities: Gender Empowerment in Diablero (2018-2020) and Yo, bruja (2019-2020)
Marta F Suarez
Section 2: Streaming Crime Fiction: Female Detectives, Narco Narratives, Adaptations
Chapter 5: Streaming Rural Galicia: Trauma, Landscape, and Strong Female Leads in Neboa and O sabor das margaridas
Lucia Filipova
Chapter 6: Galicia Enters the Narco-verse: Hyperconsumerism, Fetishised Female Bodies, and Violence in Farina
Matthew Greenhalgh
Chapter 7: Brigada Costa del Sol: Streaming the 'scene of respect' as an Expression of Infrapolitics
Wladimir Marquez
Chapter 8: The Streaming Afterlife of a Private Detective: Nostalgia, Spectrality, and Gender in the Netflix Series Belascoaran, PI
David Conlon
Section 3: Streaming Diversities: Gender, Queer Identities, Familial Relations
Chapter 9: Streaming Singletons in Spain and Mexico: Valeria (Netflix, 2020-) and Como sobrevivir Soltero ('How to Survive Being Single', Amazon Prime, 2020-)
Paul Julian Smith
Chapter 10: Machos alfa, Or the Culture War of Feminism
Esther Maria Alarcon Arana
Chapter 11: Sexpositive Feminism, Sisterhood, and Spectatorial Pleasures in Nacho (Bambu Producciones, 2023)
Fiona Noble
Chapter 12: Paquita Salas, Veneno, and Cardo: Millennial Crisis and Queer Memory in Streaming Series by Los Javis
Miguel Garcia
Chapter 13: The Creation of Sites of Power: Madre solo hay dos (Carolina Rivera and Fernando Sarinana, 2021-22)
Rosana Blanco-Cano
Epilogue: Who is Afraid of Becoming Relevant? Streaming Wars, Global Success, and Cultural Differences
Jorge Perez
Index
Acknowledgements
Editors' Introduction: The Hispanic TV Series in the Age of Streaming Reproducibility
Xavier Dapena and Fiona Noble
Section 1: Streaming Canons: Platforms, Authors, Histories
Chapter 1: The Canon of Televisual Fiction in the RTVE Play Catalogue
Maria Jose Higueras-Ruiz, Maria Marcos-Ramos, and Teresa Martin-Garcia
Chapter 2: From Film to Streaming TV: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Pena's Television Authorship in Antidisturbios (2020)
Fernando Sanchez Lopez
Chapter 3: 'Glamorization' of the Spanish Civil War and the Postwar: El tiempo entre costuras and Los pacientes del doctor Garcia
Nelida Devesa-Gome
Chapter 4: Local Histories, Glocal Identities: Gender Empowerment in Diablero (2018-2020) and Yo, bruja (2019-2020)
Marta F Suarez
Section 2: Streaming Crime Fiction: Female Detectives, Narco Narratives, Adaptations
Chapter 5: Streaming Rural Galicia: Trauma, Landscape, and Strong Female Leads in Neboa and O sabor das margaridas
Lucia Filipova
Chapter 6: Galicia Enters the Narco-verse: Hyperconsumerism, Fetishised Female Bodies, and Violence in Farina
Matthew Greenhalgh
Chapter 7: Brigada Costa del Sol: Streaming the 'scene of respect' as an Expression of Infrapolitics
Wladimir Marquez
Chapter 8: The Streaming Afterlife of a Private Detective: Nostalgia, Spectrality, and Gender in the Netflix Series Belascoaran, PI
David Conlon
Section 3: Streaming Diversities: Gender, Queer Identities, Familial Relations
Chapter 9: Streaming Singletons in Spain and Mexico: Valeria (Netflix, 2020-) and Como sobrevivir Soltero ('How to Survive Being Single', Amazon Prime, 2020-)
Paul Julian Smith
Chapter 10: Machos alfa, Or the Culture War of Feminism
Esther Maria Alarcon Arana
Chapter 11: Sexpositive Feminism, Sisterhood, and Spectatorial Pleasures in Nacho (Bambu Producciones, 2023)
Fiona Noble
Chapter 12: Paquita Salas, Veneno, and Cardo: Millennial Crisis and Queer Memory in Streaming Series by Los Javis
Miguel Garcia
Chapter 13: The Creation of Sites of Power: Madre solo hay dos (Carolina Rivera and Fernando Sarinana, 2021-22)
Rosana Blanco-Cano
Epilogue: Who is Afraid of Becoming Relevant? Streaming Wars, Global Success, and Cultural Differences
Jorge Perez
Index