Women and Soap Opera Study of Prime-Time Soaps

Geraghty, a pioneer in the field, provides a clearly argued, accessible account of a decade of feminist media scholarship which is informed by an exhaustive knowledge of, and pleasure in, the soaps of the period . Charlotte Brunsdon, Film Studies, University of Warwick
Women and Soap Opera is the most complete, deeply thought through and far-seeing work yet written on soap operas. Christine Geraghty s prose is elegant, lucid and accessible without sacrificing complexity ... finely nuanced and thought-provoking.
Maria La Place, University of California

As one of the pioneers of the study and appreciation of soap opera, Geraghty writes from a long term-engagement both with the form and with the individual programmes she discusses. Screen, 1992

The book is well-written and researched, summarizing much of the previous feminist work in the field... suitable for the general, as well as the academic reader. American Library Association

A useful overview of the literature an soaps and related women s genres. Media Information Australia