SOAP OPERA, MELODRAMA AND SUFFERING IN DRUG ADDITION

Having the melodrama as one of its main foundations, the telenovela functions as a privileged space of social problematizations, exploring subjects in suffering based on moral values, realistic appeal, and the possibilities of television language. In this context, drug addiction has been a frequent...

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Autores: Lage, Leandro Rodrigues, Almeida, Mariana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:Contemporanea (Salvador. Online) - Revista de Comunicação e Cultura
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/35548
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/contemporaneaposcom/article/view/35548
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soap opera
Suffering
Drug addiction
Telenovela
Sofrimento
Drogadição
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Sumario:Having the melodrama as one of its main foundations, the telenovela functions as a privileged space of social problematizations, exploring subjects in suffering based on moral values, realistic appeal, and the possibilities of television language. In this context, drug addiction has been a frequent theme of these plots since the 1980s, including its internal and external consequences to addicts. This study proposes a reflection on the intrinsic relationship between soap opera, melodrama, and suffering associated with the experiences of drug addiction. We believe that this triad presents peculiarities that allow a deeper understanding of these narratives and the suffering that communicate and produce meanings, showing to be more elaborate, complex and in tune with social and moral changes and/or continuances that occurred throughout the history of the soap operas.