[PDF.94zq] Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature

Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature

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 | #430130 in Books |  1991-11-30 |  1991-11-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.72 x6.00l,.96 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Should be mandatory reading|By jessica|hugely influential work of scholarship. Should be mandatory reading for any contemporary lit class.|11 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Enlightening|By Steven Reynolds|Despite the growing popularity of cultural studies, it's still surprising to find a literary academic who| |Explores not only the conventions of the romance novel but also the ways in which both these novels and their readers defy certain stereotypes, usually proliferated by people who don't read the books themselves. Radway's study is a fascinating and controversia

Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. Among those who have disparaged romance reading are feminists, literary critics, and theorists of mass culture. They claim that romances enforce the woman reader's dependence on men and acceptance of the repressive ideology purveyed by popular culture. Ra...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature   |  Janice A. Radway. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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