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ERIC Number: EJ506376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-3180
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Where Have All the Mothers Gone? Soap Opera's Replaying of the Oedipal Story.
Livingstone, Sonia; Liebes, Tamar
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v12 n2 p155-75 Jun 1995
Explores parallels between the soap opera and both fairy tales and therapy. Presents a detailed analysis of a recurrent narrative element in soaps--that of the "bad" and/or missing mother of young women heroines in "The Young and the Restless." Emphasizes the repressive over the liberating aspects of the soap opera. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Fairy Tales, Higher Education, Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Psychotherapy, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Soap Operas, Television Viewing
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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