Jenni M. Simon

Consuming Agency and Desire in Romance

Stories of Love, Laughter, and Empowerment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Communicating Gender
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781498536899
• ISBN-10: 1498536891
• Artikelnr.: 49461695

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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