Author: Henrietta Roos
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476662177
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term "super couple" was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.
Soap Opera Super Couples
Author: Henrietta Roos
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476662177
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term "super couple" was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476662177
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term "super couple" was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.
Staying Tuned
Author: Suzanne Frentz
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879725372
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through Friday 52 weeks a year, soap operas provide a clear promise to continue for as long as mass medicated entertainment exists. Over the last sixty years, billions have happily suffered along with the gallant men and women of the afternoon. A growing body of scholarly literature exists now to provide insights and suggest answers to the question of why so many continually return to the routine tragedies of daytime drama. Each of our chapters explores an aspect of soap opera which contributes to the endurance of the genre.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879725372
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through Friday 52 weeks a year, soap operas provide a clear promise to continue for as long as mass medicated entertainment exists. Over the last sixty years, billions have happily suffered along with the gallant men and women of the afternoon. A growing body of scholarly literature exists now to provide insights and suggest answers to the question of why so many continually return to the routine tragedies of daytime drama. Each of our chapters explores an aspect of soap opera which contributes to the endurance of the genre.
Her Stories
Author: Elana Levine
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
ISBN: 9781478007661
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
ISBN: 9781478007661
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.
Days of Our Lives
Author: Maureen Russell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Provides a complete narrative covering story plots from the beginning of the series, an extensive bibliography, unique information on the actors and their fans, and, most interesting, of all, background on the early days of the soaps.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Provides a complete narrative covering story plots from the beginning of the series, an extensive bibliography, unique information on the actors and their fans, and, most interesting, of all, background on the early days of the soaps.
The Soap Opera Encyclopedia
Author: Christopher Schemering
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Queer TV
Author: Nancy San Martin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gays in popular culture
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gays in popular culture
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Like Sands Through the Hourglass
Author: Bill Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786284597
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
They were the first super couple of daytime drama. Millions of viewers watched as actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes, playing Julie and Doug on Days of Our Lives, fell in love on camera and off - igniting the hottest love story on daytime television in the 1970s and early '80s. Now this witty, entertaining autobiography tells their fascinating story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786284597
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
They were the first super couple of daytime drama. Millions of viewers watched as actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes, playing Julie and Doug on Days of Our Lives, fell in love on camera and off - igniting the hottest love story on daytime television in the 1970s and early '80s. Now this witty, entertaining autobiography tells their fascinating story.
Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture
Author: Jane Stern
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060553432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An A to Z of Who's Who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to "Valley of the Dolls" and Moon Unit Zappa.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060553432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An A to Z of Who's Who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to "Valley of the Dolls" and Moon Unit Zappa.
Like Sands Through the Hourglass
Author: Bill Hayes
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451220059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
They were the first "super couple" of daytime drama. Millions watched as actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes, playing Julie and Doug on Days of Our Lives, fell in love on camera and off- igniting the hottest love story on daytime television in the 1970s and early '80s. Now, this witty, entertaining autobiography tells their fascinating story-from television's Golden Age to hit Broadway shows and soap opera stardom.
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451220059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
They were the first "super couple" of daytime drama. Millions watched as actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes, playing Julie and Doug on Days of Our Lives, fell in love on camera and off- igniting the hottest love story on daytime television in the 1970s and early '80s. Now, this witty, entertaining autobiography tells their fascinating story-from television's Golden Age to hit Broadway shows and soap opera stardom.
Super Aussie Soaps
Author: Andrew Mercado
Publisher: Pluto Press (Australia)
ISBN: 1864031913
Category : Soap operas
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The definitive history of Australian soaps published to mark the lead up to the 50th anniversary of television, this book is the result of years of research and interviews that look behind the scenes of one of our most important export and cultural businesses.
Publisher: Pluto Press (Australia)
ISBN: 1864031913
Category : Soap operas
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The definitive history of Australian soaps published to mark the lead up to the 50th anniversary of television, this book is the result of years of research and interviews that look behind the scenes of one of our most important export and cultural businesses.