TV's Betty Goes Global: From Telenovela to International Brand

Item Number

PN1992.77.U35

Author/Artist/Editor

Janet McCabe, Kim Akass

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2013

Press/Publisher

I.B. Tauris

Language

English

Description

Premiering in 2006, the stylish and award winning US hit show Ugly Betty, about kind-hearted ugly duckling Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), is the latest incarnation of a truly global phenomenon that started life as a Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea, back in 1999. The tale has since taken an extraordinary journey around the globe, from the origina