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 s