Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television

Shoma Munshi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2019
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-0-367-17645-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses onurban family soaps on television and analyses them as an important resource for anthropological insights into contemporary social issues and practices. It studies thepopular andeveryday while also concentrating on the middle class.

Autor

Shoma Munshi is Division Head -- Social Sciences, and Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Kuwait (AUK).

Inhalt

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Milieu of Production 3. Key Elements of Production 4. Soap Tales 5. Women: Similar Genre, Different Representations 6. The Male Voice 7. Themes and Issues 8. Conclusion Appendix I: Tracking the Growth of Televsion in India Appendix II: TAM (Television Audience Measurement Ratings) Appendix III: Synopses of Soap Operas Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.06.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 0-367-17645-9 / 0367176459
• ISBN-13: 978-0-367-17645-7 / 9780367176457
• Zustand: Neuware