1. Analysis of two current soaps in terms of their reps of gender and their narrative structures.
Are there strong matriarchs?
Are the men often weaker?
Are the narratives segmented?
Does the lack of a main hero parallel the woemn audience members need to "identify" with (care for) a range of people in their real lives.
General discussion each soap - you don't have to do close analysis for this.
2. Interviews with women who watch soaps. Does their viewing habits confirm what you have read?
3. Show some specific textual examples to your mum and her friends ands ask them about the reps of gender etc etc - how they feel about the characters and so on.
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