Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/C6039.aspx
All Greenwood Products
Women and Soap Opera A Cultural Feminist Perspective
(Click to Enlarge)
Dannielle Blumenthal
ISBN: 0-275-96039-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96039-1
152 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/1997
List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Description: Women's soap opera viewing has long been thought of by feminists and nonfeminists as an unproductive waste of time. Blumenthal takes the opposing view, arguing that women's indulgence in these programs is actually liberating. In overcoming the social opposition to the stigma attached to the feminine content and style, and engaging in soap opera viewing, women celebrate their femininity, particularly their gendered identification with romance, relationality, intuitiveness, talkativeness, and other aspects of emotionality. This book will be of interest to academics in the areas of sociology, women's studies, and media studies.
Table of Contents:
  • A Cultural Feminist Study
    Introduction
    The Personal as Intellectual and Political
    Feminist Study and the Academy: Research as Praxis
    Feminist Perspective-Taking: Some Aspects
    Feminist Qualitative Methodology: Some Aspects
    Calling All Resources: Feminist-Compatible Methodologies and Methods
    The Gender-Context Perspective and Its Antecedents
    Conventional Wisdom: "Effects" and "Gratifications"
    Complicating the Subject: "Audience Response"
    The Politics of Meaning Construction: Feminist Perspectives
    A Gender-Context Perspective: Women's Soap Opera Viewing as Interrelated Components of a Feminist Praxis
    The Interplay between Women Viewers and Gendered Text
    On Soaps: Feminine-Oriented Emotionality as an Attraction
    On Talkshows: Masculinized Emotion Displays as a Turnoff
    On Feminism: The Interplay between Identity Construction and Meaning Construction in the Act of Viewing
    Feminist Scholarship on the Gendered Soap Opera Text
    Arriving at a Feminist Aesthetic
    Academic Conceptualizations of Soap Opera Form and Content
    Feminist Scholarship on Soap Operas: The Feminine Aesthetic as a Feminist Aesthetic
    The Gendered Social Contexts of Women's Soap Opera Viewing
    Overcoming the Social Devaluation of Women's Soap Opera Viewing
    Soap Operas as Self-Nurturance: Setting Aside Time Away from Caring for Others
    Soap Operas as Communal Womanspace
    Conclusion: Implications of the Study for Future Research
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: DANNIELLE BLUMENTHAL is a Ph.D. recipient from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.
LCC Class: 791
Tune in to Praeger's Hot Topics! Sign up for our newsletter on today's fast-moving issues.
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2010 ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-968-1911