{"product_id":"her-stories-daytime-soap-opera-and-us-television-history-9781478008019","title":"Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and Us Television History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elana Levine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Television - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the debut of \u003ci\u003eThese Are My Children\u003c\/i\u003e in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In \u003ci\u003eHer Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46455796203671,"sku":"9781478008019","price":4223.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781478008019.webp?v=1769176205","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/her-stories-daytime-soap-opera-and-us-television-history-9781478008019","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}