Daytime dramas reshaped TV herstory, tackling complex societal issues such as adoptions, reproductive rights, and rape. Dr. Elana Levine joins Advanced TV Herstory host Cynthia Bemis Abrams to provide insights into how soap operas mirrored social changes from the 1960s to today. This episode explores the limited roles for actors of color, often sidelined to secondary storylines, and the centrality of white "super couples."

Audio clips from As the World Turns, All My Children, The Young and the Restless, and Ryan's Hope enrich the discussion. Dr. Levine's book Her Stories (Duke Univ. Press) serves as the foundation for this compelling four-part series.

Her Stories (2020) Duke University Press https://www.dukeupress.edu/her-stories

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