Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Shoma Munshi, Munshi Shoma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367176457
• ISBN: 978-0-367-17645-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies