La representación de las mujeres trabajadoras en la ficción televisiva española

  1. Charo lacalle 1
  2. Beatriz Gomez 2
  1. 1 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/052g8jq94

  2. 2 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

Revue:
Comunicar: Revista Científica de Comunicación y Educación

ISSN: 1134-3478

Année de publication: 2016

Titre de la publication: Comunicación, sociedad civil y cambio social

Número: 47

Pages: 59-67

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3916/C47-2016-06 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

D'autres publications dans: Comunicar: Revista Científica de Comunicación y Educación

Résumé

During the sixties and seventies the limited presence of women in the public sphere was reflected in the restricted repertoire of roles played by female characters in television fiction (mainly those of mothers and wives). The strengthening of the feminist movement in the following decades increased and diversified the portrayals of women in the workplace, and further encouraged academic research on the social construction of working women. Despite the relevance of female professionals in current TV shows, the importance of romantic relationships and sexuality has led to a decreasing number of studies on the subject. This article summarizes the results of a study on working women in Spanish TV fiction, part of a larger project on the construction of female identities. The research uses an original methodology that combines quantitative techniques and qualitative methods (socio-semiotics) to analyse the sample of 709 female characters. The results show a coexistence of the traditional stereotypes of working women in customer service and care-giving positions with those of highly skilled female professionals. However, the empowerment of women in positions of responsibility is often associated with a negative portrayal of the character, while the problems of reconciling family and work are systematically avoided.

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El artículo se enmarca en el proyecto «La construcción social de la mujer en la ficción televisiva y la Web 2.0: estereotipos, recepción y retroalimentación» (FEM2012-33411), financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.

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