Description
In the twenty-first century, the romance genre has gained a growing academic response, including the creation of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Popular romance has long been so ignored and maligned that seemingly every scholarly work on it opens with a lengthy defense of the genre and its value for academic study. Even the early scholarly works on the genre approach it in ways that, while primarily respectful, make sweeping generalizations about popular romance, its texts, and its readers. This essay collection examines the position of the romance genre in the twenty-first century, and the ways in which romance responds to and influences the culture and community in which it exists. Essays are divided into six sections, which cover the genre's relationship with masculinity, the importance of consent, historical romance, representation, social status and web-based romance fiction.
Author: Susan Fanetti
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 06/13/2022
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781476682464
ISBN10: 1476682461
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance
Author: Susan Fanetti
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 06/13/2022
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781476682464
ISBN10: 1476682461
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance
About the Author
Susan Fanetti is a professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, where she serves as Coordinator of the English Education program and teaches courses in teaching English Language Arts and in American literature, genre literature, composition, and popular culture. Her scholarship tends to explore the intersections of teaching and popular culture.