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Book Review: Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective

Book Review: Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective 140 Affilia Spring 1999 Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective. By Dan- nielle Blumenthal. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, 152 pp., $49.95 (hardbound). This is an odd little book, but it is of some interest nonethe- less. Blumenthal describes her goal in undertaking this study is to explore whether her love of soap operas was in conflict with her perception of herself as a feminist, or is it consistent with her approach to her studies and her life that seeks to empower women. In the Introduction, she states: “In this study, I analyze how soap opera viewing can be understood as praxis: purpose- ful, transformative, and empowering of women” (p. 5). The first half of Women and Soap Opera is a conversation about and a justification for what the author calls a “cultural feminist study,” and the methodological approach she developed and named a “gender-context perspective.” Before she gets to soap operas, the author discusses research, feminism, and feminist research; women, culture, and cultural feminism, and the influ- ence of gender-power issues on the making and interpretation of culture in a male-dominated society. These pages would be useful to research students who are trying to break the bonds http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Review: Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective

Glassman, Carol
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 14 (1): 2 – Feb 1, 1999
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140 Affilia Spring 1999 Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective. By Dan- nielle Blumenthal. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, 152 pp., $49.95 (hardbound). This is an odd little book, but it is of some interest nonethe- less. Blumenthal describes her goal in undertaking this study is to explore whether her love of soap operas was in conflict with her perception of herself as a feminist, or is it consistent with her approach to her studies and her life that seeks to empower women. In the Introduction, she states: “In this study, I analyze how soap opera viewing can be understood as praxis: purpose- ful, transformative, and empowering of women” (p. 5). The first half of Women and Soap Opera is a conversation about and a justification for what the author calls a “cultural feminist study,” and the methodological approach she developed and named a “gender-context perspective.” Before she gets to soap operas, the author discusses research, feminism, and feminist research; women, culture, and cultural feminism, and the influ- ence of gender-power issues on the making and interpretation of culture in a male-dominated society. These pages would be useful to research students who are trying to break the bonds

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