Pt. I. A Cultural Feminist Study. 1. The Personal as Intellectual and Political. 2. Feminist Study and the Academy: Research as Praxis. 3. Feminist Perspective-Taking: Some Aspects. 4. Feminist Qualitative Methodology: Some Aspects. 5. Calling All Resources: Feminist-Compatible Methodologies and Methods -- Pt. II. The Gender-Context Perspective and Its Antecedents. 6. Conventional Wisdom: "Effects" and "Gratifications" 7. Complicating the Subject: "Audience Response" 8. The Politics of Meaning Construction: Feminist Perspectives. 9. A Gender-Context Perspective: Women's Soap Opera Viewing as Interrelated Components of a Feminist Praxis -- Pt. III. The Interplay between Women Viewers and Gendered Text. 10. On Soaps: Feminine-Oriented Emotionality as an Attraction. 11. On Talkshows: Masculinized Emotion Displays as a Turnoff. 12. On Feminism: The Interplay between Identity Construction and Meaning Construction in the Act of Viewing
Pt. IV. Feminist Scholarship on the Gendered Soap Opera Text. 13. Arriving at a Feminist Aesthetic. 14. Academic Conceptualizations of Soap Opera Form and Content. 15. Feminist Scholarship on Soap Operas: The Feminine Aesthetic as a Feminist Aesthetic -- Pt. V. The Gendered Social Contexts of Women's Soap Opera Viewing. 16. Overcoming the Social Devaluation of Women's Soap Opera Viewing. 17. Soap Operas as Self-Nurturance: Setting Aside Time Away from Caring for Others. 18. Soap Operas as Communal Womanspace -- Conclusion: Implications of the Study for Future Research
