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It's Time for My Story: Soap Opera Sources, Structure, and Response

Williams, Carol T.

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Soap opera story, the only mass-public form of continuing narrative today, is oral culture for our electronic era. Carol Williams' It's Time for My Story is an examination of soap opera sources, structure, and response, particularly from the critical viewpoints of psychology, both archetypal and empirical, and popular culture, specifically narratology and feminism, that uncover the true nature of the genre.

First, Williams traces the development of soap opera from its immediate source in radio and television as well as from its fundamental source in age-old myth and storytelling. Then she analyzes the content and form that together make up the structure of soap opera. Finally, she looks at what soaps mean to watchers and in the process debunks many myths about soap opera (for instance, the myth that soap opera, like all television drama, is merely commercial, produced formulaically by advertisers; Williams argues that soap opera is not only a commercial product but also a popular art form derived from the wellspring of culture and folk story). She also argues that it is a form which has been depreciated because it is historically a woman's medium. Discussions with writers, creators, and fans are included throughout. Recommended to scholars and students of media, drama, popular culture, and women's studies.

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Publisher

GREENWOOD PUB GROUP

Bisac Major Subject

Performing Arts

Bisac Minor Subject

Television - General

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Hardcover

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9.21 Inches

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6.14 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

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0.63 Inches

ISBN 10

027594297X

Weight

1.22 Pounds

Book EAN

9780275942977

Target Audiance

Adults

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It's Time for My Story: Soap Opera Sources, Structure, and Response