The Soap Opera

by Muriel G. Cantor and Suzanne Pingree

Book Overview

A comprehensive survey of the history, the means of production, the content and the impact on audiences of soap operas. A sociologist and a specialist in womens studies combine to review the content of soap operas, and the way in which they are produced. How have the themes of soap operas changed with social convention? How do these massively popular serials aimed at a female audience portray women at work and at home? The impact of soap opera on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803920040
• ISBN13: 9780803920040
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.