02603nam 2200613 a 450 991081995750332120240501083511.01-282-52011-397866125201120-8108-6349-9(CKB)1000000000787927(EBL)466807(OCoLC)435772702(SSID)ssj0000333817(PQKBManifestationID)11263527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333817(PQKBWorkID)10378132(PQKB)11370619(MiAaPQ)EBC466807(Au-PeEL)EBL466807(CaPaEBR)ebr10364269(CaONFJC)MIL252011(EXLCZ)99100000000078792720100331h20092005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe A to Z of American radio soap operas /Jim Cox1st ed.Lanham, Md. Scarecrow Press, Inc.2009, c20051 online resource (322 p.)The A to Z guide series ;no. 50Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-6833-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-289).Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: The Span of the Radio Serial; Photospread; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the AuthorThe dictionary section, made up of more than 500 cross-referenced entries, provides brief vignettes of the more popular and also less well-known 'soaps,' among them Back Stage Wife, Our Gal Sunday, Pepper Young's Family and The Guiding Light. Other entries evoke those who brought these programs to life: the actors, announcers, scriptwriters, networks, and even the sponsors. Nor are the basic themes, the stock characters and the gimmick, forgotten. The book's introduction defines the soap opera, examines the span of the radio serial, reviews its origins and its demise, andA to Z guides ;50.Television soap operasUnited StatesDictionariesTelevision soap operasUnited StatesHistory and criticismTelevision soap operasTelevision soap operasHistory and criticism.791.4475791.456Cox Jim1939-1647650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819957503321The A to Z of American radio soap operas4074846UNINA