El Chavo del Ocho: Sitcom neighborhood dynamics in Mexican television
This essay analyzes El Chavo del Ocho´s successful series (1971-1980). My argument is that this sitcom founded its television format on one of the most important social spaces in Mexico and Latin America: “La vecindad” or the neighborhood. Moreover, I analyze how the neighborhood dynamics contribute...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2018 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UDG |
| Repository: | Comunicación y Sociedad |
| Language: | Spanish English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7084 |
| Online Access: | https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/7084 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Television fiction Sitcom Chavo del Ocho Ficción televisiva Comedia de Situación |
| Summary: | This essay analyzes El Chavo del Ocho´s successful series (1971-1980). My argument is that this sitcom founded its television format on one of the most important social spaces in Mexico and Latin America: “La vecindad” or the neighborhood. Moreover, I analyze how the neighborhood dynamics contribute to represent a communal identity: each character portrays not only its specific version, but also of the collective, the conflicts, but above all, the solidarity of Mexico’s in 1970s. |
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