Perverses, seductive and villainous: The construction of the femme fatale in the Latin American TV soaps
Abstract
From the consolidation of soap operas, the stereotype of the femme fatale, conceived as a seductive and persuasive woman and the causer of the evils of the world, is configured as the antagonistic villain by excellence, directly influencing the social construction of women. This work, using a qualitative methodology based on a documentary analysis with a semiotic approach, analyzes how the telenovela has appropriated the stereotype of the femme fatale, has standardized it and configured it anf has personalized it in the narrative discourses.
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