Dona Barbara Unleashed - From Venezuelan Plains to International Screen

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.

About the author

Jenni M. Lehtinen is assistant professor at Nazarbayev University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jenni M. Lehtinen
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781786836861
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-686-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; international, M, Latin America, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, to, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Films, cinema, From, Screen, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Jenni, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, plains, Venezuelan, Doña, Unleashed, Lehtinen, Bárbara