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Soap Opera Super Couples

Author : Henrietta Roos

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 22,14 MB

Release : 2016-11-22

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1476662177

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A television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term "super couple" was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.



Her Stories

Author : Elana Levine

Publisher : Duke University Press Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 45,82 MB

Release : 2020-02-25

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781478007661

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Since the debut of These Are My Children 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 Her Stories, 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.



The Soap Opera Encyclopedia

Author : Christopher Schemering

Publisher :

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 26,58 MB

Release : 1988

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN :

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Like Sands Through the Hourglass

Author : Bill Hayes

Publisher :

Page : 580 pages

File Size : 20,23 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780786284597

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They were the first super couple of daytime drama. Millions of viewers watched as actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes, playing Julie and Doug on Days of Our Lives, fell in love on camera and off - igniting the hottest love story on daytime television in the 1970s and early '80s. Now this witty, entertaining autobiography tells their fascinating story.



Days of Our Lives

Author : Maureen Russell

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 17,84 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN :

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Provides a complete narrative covering story plots from the beginning of the series, an extensive bibliography, unique information on the actors and their fans, and, most interesting, of all, background on the early days of the soaps.



Queer TV

Author : Nancy San Martin

Publisher :

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 26,59 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Gays in popular culture

ISBN :

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Four Days of You and Me

Author : Miranda Kenneally

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 26,54 MB

Release : 2020-05-05

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1492684147

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From Miranda Kenneally, author of the beloved high school romance Hundred Oaks series, comes a funny enemies to lovers romcom about second, third...maybe even fourth chances. Every May 7th, the students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. And every year, Lulu's relationship with Alex Rouvelis gets a little more complicated. Freshman year they went from sworn enemies to more than friends after a close encounter in an escape room. It's been hard for Lulu to quit Alex ever since. Through break-ups, make-ups, and dating other people, each year's class trip brings the pair back together and forces them to confront their undeniable connection. From the science museum to Six Flags, New York City to London, Lulu learns one thing is for sure: love is the biggest trip of all. Are Lulu and Alex meant to be, or are they better apart? Other teen romance books by Miranda Kenneally: Catching Jordan Stealing Parker Things I Can't Forget Racing Savannah Breathe, Annie, Breathe Jesse's Girl Defending Taylor Coming Up for Air



Staying Tuned

Author : Suzanne Frentz

Publisher : Popular Press

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 20,37 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780879725372

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Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through Friday 52 weeks a year, soap operas provide a clear promise to continue for as long as mass medicated entertainment exists. Over the last sixty years, billions have happily suffered along with the gallant men and women of the afternoon. A growing body of scholarly literature exists now to provide insights and suggest answers to the question of why so many continually return to the routine tragedies of daytime drama. Each of our chapters explores an aspect of soap opera which contributes to the endurance of the genre.



Nothing Ever Happens

Author : Sue Brown

Publisher : One Hat Press

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 41,36 MB

Release : 2023-07-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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This isn’t a romance of easy solutions. It’s a love story between two men who should never have come together. In Andrew’s world, nothing much happens. His days with his wife and son are content, if not passionate. The new neighbors are about to change all that Nathan is looking forward to the arrival of his new baby and his first teaching job. Then he meets Andrew, and his world turns upside down. Tension morphs into passion and it’s obvious to everyone, however hard they try to hide it. Even from each other. But Andrew and Nathan love their families too. Making decisions is never easy and in a small cul-de-sac, the two men have hard choices to make. Do they follow their hearts or their responsibilities? CW: Cheating



Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture

Author : Jane Stern

Publisher : Harper Perennial

Page : 612 pages

File Size : 19,93 MB

Release : 1992

Category : History

ISBN : 9780060553432

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An A to Z of Who's Who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to "Valley of the Dolls" and Moon Unit Zappa.