Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Popular romance fiction constitutes the largest segment of the global book market. Bringing together an international group of scholars, The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction offers a ground-breaking exploration of this global genre and its remarkable readership. In recognition of the diversity of the form, the Companion provides a history of the genre, an overview of disciplinary approaches to studying romance fiction, and critical analyses of important subgenres, themes, and topics. It also highlights new and understudied avenues of inquiry for future research in this vibrant and still-emerging field. The first systematic, comprehensive resource on romance fiction, this Companion will be invaluable to students and scholars, and accessible to romance readers.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-29
Mått:175 x 244 x 36 mm
Vikt:981 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:578
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367543204

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Jayashree Kamblé is an Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College in the City University of New York. She is the author of Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction: An Epistemology (2014) and a Vice-President of the International Association of the Study of Popular Romance. Eric Murphy Selinger is a Professor of English at DePaul University, Executive Editor of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies, and President of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. He is the author of What Is It Then Between Us? Traditions of Love in American Poetry (1998) and co-editor of New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction (2012) and Romance Fiction and American Culture (2016). Hsu-Ming Teo is a novelist and cultural historian at Macquarie University, Australia, where she is an Associate Professor of literature and creative writing. Her academic publications include her monograph Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels (2012), and the edited books The Popular Culture of Romantic Love in Australia (2017) and Cultural History in Australia (2003).

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Introduction Jayashree Kamblé, Eric Murphy Selinger, Hsu-Ming TeoPART I: NATIONAL TRADITIONS1 History of English Romance Novels, 1621–1975jay Dixon2 The Evolution of the American Romance NovelPamela Regis3 Australian Romance FictionLauren O’MahonyPART II: SUB-GENRES4 Gothic RomanceAngela Toscano5 The Historical RomanceSarah H. Ficke6 Paranormal Romance and Urban FantasyMaría T. Ramos-García7 Young Adult Romance Amanda K. Allen8 Inspirational RomanceRebecca Barrett-Fox and Kristen Donnelly9 Erotic RomanceJodi McAlister10 African American RomanceJulie E. Moody-Freeman11 Explorations of the "Desert Passion Industry"Amira JarmakaniPART III: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES12 Romance in the MediaJayashree Kamblé13 Literary ApproachesEric Murphy Selinger14 Author Studies and Popular Romance FictionKecia Ali15 Social Science Reads RomanceJoanna Gregson and Jennifer Lois16 Publishing the Romance NovelJohn Markert17 Libraries and Popular Romance FictionKristin RamsdellPART IV: THEMES18 Class and Wealth in Popular Romance FictionAmy Burge19 Sex and SexualityHannah McCann and Catherine M. Roach20 Gender and SexualityJonathan A. Allan21 Love and Romance NovelsHsu-Ming Teo22 Romance and/as Religion Eric Murphy Selinger and Laura Vivanco23 Race, Ethnicity, and Whiteness Erin S. Young24 In Response to Harlequin: Global Legacy, Local AgencyKathrina Mohd Daud