The telenovela as narrative of the nation: For a methodological experience in a virtual community
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Keywords

Soap opera
Nation narratives
Virtual community
Virtual methodology.

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Immacolata Vasallo, M. (2010). The telenovela as narrative of the nation: For a methodological experience in a virtual community. Signo Y Pensamiento, 29(57), 130-141. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.syp29-57.tnna
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Abstract

The present text takes up the theme of the revision of national identity in the globalized world adopting two perspectives: the theoretical one, through the concept of "nation narratives" explored by Anderson, Appadurai, Bhabha, Bauman and others (Lopes, 2006) , and the epistemological-methodological work in "virtual communities" conformed by contemporary migratory movements. The confluence of these two perspectives is proposed in a methodological experience of incipient empirical research, which is the reception of the Brazilian telenovela in a particular and unprecedented space: the virtual community of Brazilians in Portugal. It is, therefore, a methodological exploration in the virtual space that has epistemological implications for research in general and for communication in particular.

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