To Be Continued... Soap Operas Around the World

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Synopsis

To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await the next episode of As the World Turns, The Rich Also Weep or Eastenders. But the popularity of soap operas in Britain and the US pales in comparison to the role that they play in media cultures in other parts of the world.To Be Continued... investigates both the cultural specificity of television soap operas and their reception in other cultures, covering soap production and soap watching in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. The contributors consider the nature of soap as a media text, the history of the serial narrative as a form, and the role of the soap opera in the development of feminist media criticism.To Be Continued... presents the first scholarly examination of soap opera as global media phenomenon.

Book details

Series:
Comedia
Author:
Robert C. Allen
ISBN:
9781134837021
Related ISBNs:
9780203131855, 9780415110075, 9780415110075, 9780415110068, 9780415110068
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-07-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1994
Copyright by:
Robert C. Allen 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies