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Her stories : daytime soap opera & US television history /

"HER STORIES provides an in-depth history of the production and reception of the daytime soap opera in the U.S. It offers a detailed view of the genre's life span-from its move from radio to television in the middle of the 20th century to its supposed demise (but continued afterlife) in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levine, Elana, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Colección:Console-ing passions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Serials in Transition: From Radio to Television
  • 2. Daytime Therapy: Help and Healing in the Postwar Soap
  • 3. Building Network Power: The Broadcasting Business and the Craft of Soap Opera
  • 4. Turning to Relevance: Social Issue Storytelling
  • 5. Love in the Afternoon: The Fracturing Fantasies of the Soap Boom
  • 6. Struggles for Survival: Stagnation and Innovation
  • 7. Reckoning with the Past: Reimagining Characters and Stories
  • 8. Can Her Stories Go On? Soap Opera in a Digital Age
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index