Women and Soap Opera

A Cultural Feminist Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-09-16
Mått161 x 240 x 13 mm
Vikt391 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor152
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275960391

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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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