De muñecas a dueñas. Una mirada sobre la aparente inversión de roles de género en las narcoseries de Telemundo

Abstract

In the pioneers narcoseries –Sin tetas no hay paraíso and Las muñecas de la
mafia, inter alia– the feminine characters were featured as victims: naive
young women seduced by drug dealers who were turning them into trophy.
Telemundo (a broadcast television network), in turn, it has changed this
image including leading protagonists of the drug dealing. Seemingly, it
provokes investment reversal in the traditional gender roles, because the
women turn into an active agent in a patriarchal world. Nevertheless, these
protagonists are defined by means of stereotypically feminine elements,
such as the kindness, the sacrifice and especially, the maternity that is
concreted, in a literal and metaphorical way in two analyzed narcoseries: La
Reina del Sur and Camelia la texana. Notwithstanding, the real subversive
act of these characters –in order to depart from gender prototypes– is her
ability to analyze and decide. They, rather than consider themselves as
victims of her circumstances, assume her responsibility for the life that they
have chosen and for the violence with which they act.