Consuming Agency and Desire in Romance

Stories of Love, Laughter, and Empowerment

Jenni M. Simon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

98 Seiten

2017
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498536899 (ISBN)

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This book challenges stereotypes about the romance genre, examining how modern romance production serves women in multiple ways, from escapism to sexual education, from fantasy to fun, and most importantly, as a site of production for feminist texts.

The romance industry has profited on the fantasies of women for centuries. However, as a new generation of women raised under the guidance of second-wave feminists take up the reins of romance production, romance novels and films have increasingly challenged tired stereotypes labeling romantic stories as formulaic fodder. This book examines how the romance genre serves women in multiple ways, from escapism to sexual education, from fantasy to fun, and most importantly, as a site of production for feminist texts.

Jenni M. Simon is faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Romancing the Feminist
Chapter Two: Legitimizing Contemporary Romance as a Genre
Chapter Three: Modern Romance: From Bodice Ripping to Autonomy
Chapter Four: Feminist Authors as Organic Intellectuals
Chapter Five: Feminist Possibility in Romance beyond Post-Feminist Critique
References
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Communicating Gender
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781498536899 / 9781498536899
Zustand	Neuware