Reading the Romance : Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature /
Challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. In a new introduction, author Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and criti...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
1991.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Reading the Romance; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Institutional Matrix Publishing Romantic Fiction; 2 The Readers and Their Romances; 3 Act of Reading the Romance Escape and Instruction; 4 The Ideal Romance The Promise of Patriarchy; 5 The Failed Romance Too Close to the Problems of Patriarchy; 6 Language and Narrative Discourse The Ideology of Female Identity; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.