Migrant Women in Spanish Television Serial Fiction. Analysis of Characters between 2016 and 2018
Abstract
Studies carried out in Spain indicate that there is a discriminatory or biased representation of both migrants and women. This article brings together gender and immigration research and shows the results of the analysis of migrant female characters in the main Spanish television series of generalist networks in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The methodology used was content analysis, performed on a sample of 47 episodes and 1,237 characters. The analysis of the characters was conducted on three levels: narrative, psychological and social, which resulted in 66 variables. It is concluded that migrant women barely have narrative weight and therefore suffer a double marginalization because they belong to two minority groups: women and immigrants. In addition, when compared to local female characters, they work in less qualified jobs, and compared to immigrant men, they are represented as less violent and commit fewer criminal acts.
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