Roos presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the driving force of the fictional power couples that populate daytime dramatic television programming (soap operas) in the United
States. She covers the super couple phenomenon by examining the history of daytime dramatic television, the concept of screen magic, sex and love and their portrayal in the medium, storytelling
in soap operas, the cultural impact of soap operas, and the viewer response to the shows before examining four individual power couples from soap operas. The author is an independent research
based in Sweden. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
