This book focuses on ‘urban family soaps’ on television and analyses them as an important resource for anthropological insights into contemporary social iss

This is the first major study of the roles of women in prime time soap operas. In a comparative analysis of British and North American television soaps, Christi

An introduction to the slow-moving world of soap operas includes reviews of major storylines, histories of how each show began, cast lists, and other informatio

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing

Beyond Prime Time brings together established television scholars writing new chapters in their areas of expertise that reconsider how programming forms other t