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035			_a(DE-B1597)528796
035			_a(OCoLC)1110715551
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
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082	0	4	_a791.45/6
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aAnger, Dorothy _eautore
245	1	0	_aOther Worlds : _bSociety Seen Through Soap Opera / _cDorothy Anger.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c[1999]
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a1 online resource (176 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aWhen American nation-wide network radio was still in its infancy, new programs such as Ma Perkins began to feature ongoing story lines in fifteen minute episodes focusing on home life and romance. Procter & Gamble and other soap companies were the most common sponsors, and soon the genre of soap opera had been christened. In this entertaining but probing inquiry into the nature, history, and significance of the soaps, anthropologist Dorothy Anger shows how they reflect and shape the ethos of particular nations. Anger's primary focus is on the similarities and contrasts between American soaps and British serials such as Coronation Street and EastEnders-soaps that look more like ordinary life than do their American couterparts, and that feature story-lines based on surviving on what you can earn rather than striving for more. Anger looks at the industry as well as the televised product and examines the social effects as well as the inherent characteristics of soaps-with particular emphasis placed on the ways in which their implicit messages reflect and reinforce the ethos of the society in which they are made. She examines how the soaps themselves are shaped in turn by the cultures and the place from which they come. Though far from uncritical of the genre, Anger herself loves the soaps. She recognizes how soap operas provide a "continuing renewal of the familiar." Through interviews with and observations of soap fans she shows that the sharing of information and opinion after the program is over is as important to the viewers as actually following the stories. Informed by recent work in anthropology and cultural theory, Other Worlds will easily be accessible to a general as well as an academic audience.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aSoap operas _xSocial aspects _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aSoap operas _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTelevision soap operas - Social aspects - Great Britain.
650		4	_aCoursebook.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442602786
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442602786/original
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