COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY COMUNICACIÓN Y SOCIEDAD © 2013 Communication&Society/Comunicación y Sociedad ISSN 0214‐0039 E ISSN 2174-0895 www.unav.es/fcom/comunicacionysociedad/en/ www.comunicacionysociedad.com COMMUNICATION&SOCIETY/ COMUNICACIÓN Y SOCIEDAD Vol. XXVI • N.3 • 2013 • pp. 67‐97 How to cite this article: TOUS-ROVIROSA, A., MESO AYERDI, K., SIMELIO SOLA, N., “The Representation of Women’s Roles in Television Series in Spain. Analysis of the Basque and Catalan Cases”, Communication&Society/Comunicación y Sociedad, Vol. 26, n. 3, 2013, pp. 67-97. The Representation of Women’s Roles in Television Series in Spain. Analysis of the Basque and Catalan Cases La imagen de la mujer en series de televisión españolas. Análisis de los casos Vasco y Catalán ANNA TOUS-ROVIROSA, KOLDO MESO AYERDI, NURIA SIMELIO SOLA.
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[email protected]. Anna Tous-Rovirosa. Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Faculty of Communication Sciences. Journalism and Communication Sciences Department. 08193 Bellaterra (Spain). Koldo Meso Ayerdi. Basque Country University. Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication. Journalism II Department. 48940m Leioa (Spain). Nuria Simelio Sola. Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Journalism and Communication Sciences Department. 08193 Bellaterra (Spain). Submitted: April 11, 2013 Approved: May 4, 2013 ABSTRACT: The comparison of six Spanish television dramas has enabled us to analyse the role of women in these fictional products. In the series analysed there is a persistence of males playing the leading roles, as well as a reiteration of female stereotypes. In the case of the Catalan television dramas on TVC (El cor de la ciutat, Ventdelplà and Infidels) a more positive treatment of femininity could be observed in the series dealing with social customs.