Watching soap opera in the diaspora: Cultural proximity or critical proximity?

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 868-887

  Georgiou, Myria ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab diaspora; audience; distance; proximity; soap opera; transnational television

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; GENDER IDENTITY; MASS MEDIA; MORALITY; TELEVISION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859709337     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.628040     Document Type: Article

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