Instituto Cervantes in Manchester and Leeds, in collaboration with Durham University, presents the fifth edition of “Ex Libris: Publications in Hispanic Studies” series.

Under the coordination of Professor H. Rosi Song from Durham University, this programme aims to highlight and promote the most recent publications in the field of Hispanic Studies.

Second session: Femininity and Feminism in Spanish TV Drama, by Anja Louis and Abigail Loxham.

Recent social and political events in Spain have prompted a resurgence of feminism in the Spanish public sphere. Popular culture intervenes in these debates, and television does so specifically through the dramas which foreground female stories and female subjects, in many cases redefining and interpreting key moments in the progression of national gender politics. This pioneering study maps these developing concerns onto a selection of TV dramas which centre on feminisms and female identities, and as such are key interlocutors in social change. Our intention is to mainstream Spanish television studies and, in our analysis of its innovative and varied approach to gender politics, to take it out of the ‘interpretative isolation ward’ (Smith 2006). This monograph fills a significant gap in the literature on transnational popular culture; it is ground-breaking in its interdisciplinarity (television, modern languages, gender studies) and is the first of its kind in English.

In person event.

In English.

For more information, please contact cultman@cervantes.es