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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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.
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Introduction: Story for a Global Village
Sources
The Institutional History of Electronic Story
"There was this dentist in Santa Barbara . . . ": Folk and Fantasy Sources for Soap Opera
The Maid's Tragedy, The Comedy of Errors, An American Melodrama: The Genre of Soap Opera
Structure
Social and Archetypal Realism: The Content of Soap Opera Story
Issue Stories
Soap Characters as Story "Functions"
Blocking and Weaving: The Structure of Soap Opera
Response
Toward a Methodology for Soap Opera Audience Study
Resonance, Complexity, and the Spacious Vision: Folklore, Story, Oral Culture, and Art
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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This 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 fundamentals of genre.
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ISBN
9780275942977
Publisert
1992-10-30
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Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
595 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
272
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