02403nam 2200589Ia 450 991078083700332120240131193132.00-8078-9885-69781469604893(CKB)2520000000007825(EBL)880363(MiAaPQ)EBC880363(Au-PeEL)EBL880363(CaPaEBR)ebr10355395(CaONFJC)MIL929807(OCoLC)880825300(EXLCZ)99252000000000782519910318d1991 ub 0engur|n|---|||||Reading the romance[electronic resource] women, patriarchy, and popular literature /Janice A. Radway ; with a new introduction by the author2nd ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc19911 online resource (513 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4349-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexReading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular LiteratureFeminism and literatureRomance fictionAppreciationPatriarchyPopular literatureHistory and criticismSex role in literatureWomen in literatureWomenBooks and readingFeminism and literature.Romance fictionAppreciation.Patriarchy.Popular literatureHistory and criticism.Sex role in literature.Women in literature.WomenBooks and reading.028/.9082Radway Janice A.1949-782829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780837003321Reading the romance1738440UNINA