Description: Studies the current artistic and industrial transformation of TV series in Mexico - the biggest and most dynamic Spanish-language market.
Brief description: Professor Paul Julian Smith is Distinguished Professor in the Comparative Literature Program at the Graduate Center in City University of New York. He was previously the Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of 25 books and over 100 academic articles. His most recent books are Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television since 2000 (2017); Spanish and Latin American Television Drama: Genre and Format Translation (2018), Multiplatform Media in Mexico: Growth and Change Since 2010 (2019); Mexican Gender, Mexican Genres: Cinema, Television, and Streaming Since 2010 (2021); Reimagining History in Contemporary Spanish Media: Theater, Cinema, Television, Streaming (2021); and Y tu mama también: Film Classic (2022).
Review Quotes: Selecting exemplary television series streaming across a range of platforms, Smith assesses their particularities and significance in the wider media eco-system. Serving as an indispensable guide, he demonstrates the breadth and depth of his knowledge of Mexican television and his unerring capacity to observe and astutely assess patterns and developments.-- "Niamh Thornton, editor of Legacies of the Past: Memory and Trauma in Mexican Visual and Screen Cultures"