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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814140303321

Autore

Radway Janice A. <1949->

Titolo

Reading the romance : women, patriarchy, and popular literature / / Janice A. Radway ; with a new introduction by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1991

ISBN

0-8078-9885-6

9781469604893

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

028/.9082

Soggetti

Feminism and literature

Love stories - Appreciation

Patriarchy

Popular literature - History and criticism

Sex role in literature

Women in literature

Women - Books and reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature