Speaking of Soap Operas

Speaking of Soap Operas
ISBN-10
0807841293
ISBN-13
9780807841297
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
245
Language
English
Published
1985
Publisher
UNC Press Books
Author
Robert Clyde Allen

Description

From "Ma Perkins" and "One Man's Family" in the 1930s to "All My Children" in the 1980s, the soap opera has capture the imagination of millions of American men and women of all ages. In Speaking of Soap Operas, Robert Allen undertakes a reexaminati

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