出版社：Faculty of Communications of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
摘要：This study is an analysis of the social uses of a Braziliansoap opera in three Cuban families –specifically fromHavana– from different socioeconomic positions (high,medium, and low). It relies on a qualitative perspectiveand ethnographic approaches. It also uses techniquessuch as participant observation, in-depth interviews,completion of sentences, and group discussion. In doingso, the study addresses the processes of appropriationand allocation of meanings around the soap opera.In all three families, melodrama rises as a spacefor entertainment, a way of escaping reality, andcommunicative interactions. The main differencesarise from factors associated with the location offamilies in the broader context that contains them,as well as subjective processes that generate uniquestrategies and meanings by different family members.
