1st Edition

Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television

By Shoma Munshi Copyright 2010
    400 Pages
    by Routledge India

    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 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