High art, no art: The economic and aesthetic legitimacy of U.S. soap operas

Poetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-382

  Scardaville, Melissa C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69049092591     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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