Melodrama and public pedagogy: The construction of memory from television fiction

This article presents the main results of a research project that aims to analyze the construction of cultural memory through fictional series that represented the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Based on interviews and focus groups with young people between 18 and 24 years old who did no...

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Autores: Cabalin, Cristian, Antezana, Lorena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Comunicación y Sociedad
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7362
Acceso en línea:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/e7362
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Melodrama
Television
Memory
Reception
Public pedagogy
Televisión
Memoria
Recepción
Pedagogía pública
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Sumario:This article presents the main results of a research project that aims to analyze the construction of cultural memory through fictional series that represented the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Based on interviews and focus groups with young people between 18 and 24 years old who did not live this historical period, the importance of the melodramatic structures of the series is discussed to promote learning about the recent past, thus emphasizing the public pedagogical role that television fills.