Political representations in the series Tumberos (Adrián Caetano, 2002) and El marginal (Luis Ortega, 2016)

Abstract

At the time of the premiere of Tumberos (Ortega y Caetano, 2002), Argentina lived one of the most important economic and social crisis in its history, after the popular revolt in 2001 which caused the resignation of then President Fernando de la Rúa. On the contrary, the context of production of TV series El marginal (Ortega, 2016), is quite different. Made for Argentinian Public TV, during the second mandate of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, it was produced in a context of deep re-politicization in different areas of society, overcoming the emptying of politics held since the neoliberal governments of Carlos Menem, which led to the above mentioned crisis.
This paper observes the traces found in each series of the political and historical moments in which they were produced, and the way in which this shapes the mode of enunciation of the stories.