To Be Continued...

Soap Operas Around the World

By:

Robert C Allen

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Hardback

Series:

Comedia

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This book 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. This book investigates both the cultural specificity of television soap operas and their reception in other cultures, covering soap production and soap watching in the US, 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.

Author Biography:

The editor: Robert C. Allen is James Logan Godfrey Professor of American Studies, and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture and Speaking of Soap Operas, co-author with Douglas Gomery of Film History: Theory and Practice, and editor of Channels of Discourse and Channels of Discourse, Reassembled.

Release date Australia

December 22nd, 1994

Author

Robert C Allen

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

408

Series

Comedia

Dimensions

156x234x26

ISBN-13

9780415110068

Product ID

2249785

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