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Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Cultural Feminist StudyIntroduction
The Personal as Intellectual and Political
Feminist Study and the Academy: Research as Praxis
Feminist Perspective-Taking: Some Aspects
Feminist Qualitative Methodology: Some Aspects
Calling All Resources: Feminist-Compatible Methodologies and Methods
The Gender-Context Perspective and Its AntecedentsConventional Wisdom: "Effects" and "Gratifications"
Complicating the Subject: "Audience Response"
The Politics of Meaning Construction: Feminist Perspectives
A Gender-Context Perspective: Women's Soap Opera Viewing as Interrelated Components of a Feminist Praxis
The Interplay between Women Viewers and Gendered TextOn Soaps: Feminine-Oriented Emotionality as an Attraction
On Talkshows: Masculinized Emotion Displays as a Turnoff
On Feminism: The Interplay between Identity Construction and Meaning Construction in the Act of Viewing
Feminist Scholarship on the Gendered Soap Opera TextArriving at a Feminist Aesthetic
Academic Conceptualizations of Soap Opera Form and Content
Feminist Scholarship on Soap Operas: The Feminine Aesthetic as a Feminist Aesthetic
The Gendered Social Contexts of Women's Soap Opera ViewingOvercoming the Social Devaluation of Women's Soap Opera Viewing
Soap Operas as Self-Nurturance: Setting Aside Time Away from Caring for Others
Soap Operas as Communal Womanspace
Conclusion: Implications of the Study for Future Research
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
DANNIELLE BLUMENTHAL is a Ph.D. recipient from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.
