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Title:
Soap opera confidential : writers and soap insiders on why we'll tune in tomorrow as the world turns restlessly by the guiding light of our lives / edited by Elizabeth Searle and Suzanne Strempek Shea.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
x, 171 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Television soap operas--United States--History and criticism.
Television soap operas--Social aspects--United States.
Television soap operas.
Other Authors:
Searle, Elizabeth, 1962- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92089704
Shea, Suzanne Strempek, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93122646
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The contributors include iconic soap star Thorsten Kaye, journalist Leigh Montville, authors Elinor Lipman and Ann Hood, and editors of Soaps in Depth magazine. They explore the soap phenomenon from a range of perspectives and consider the appeal of a venerable genre in which, as novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard observes, "everyone's life was more depressing than mine.""-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1476665281
9781476665283
OCLC:
(OCoLC)959535511
LCCN:
2017004732
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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