Opening America?: The Telenovela-ization of U.S. Soap Operas

Television & New Media

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-399

  Bielby, Denise D ^a   Harrington, C Lee ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

genre transformation; telenovela ization; television import export; U.S. soap opera industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249171072     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476405279861     Document Type: Article

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