Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television

Shoma Munshi is Division Head -- Social Sciences, and Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Kuwait (AUK).

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Milieu of Production 3. Key Elements of Production 4. Soap Tales 5. Women: Similar Genre, Different Representations 6. The Male Voice 7. Themes and Issues 8. Conclusion Appendix I: Tracking the Growth of Televsion in India Appendix II: TAM (Television Audience Measurement Ratings) Appendix III: Synopses of Soap Operas Bibliography