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      Fantasy, fiction, and feminism: a study of feminists reading romance

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      Date
      2006-09
      Author
      Green, Marie
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Despite its huge mass-market appeal, the romance genre continues to be the most maligned of the pulp and mainstream fiction forms. While academic critics, whatever their degree of sympathy with readers, claim that romance serves to reinforce traditional patriarchal structures and values, other researchers claim that beneath the obvious patriarchal influences are elements that women find valuable in their lives. By studying the shift that occurred in the 1980s, and though interviewing feminists who read romance, my research seeks to understand not only the influence that the second-wave women's movement has had on the genre, but also the value that feminists place on the reading of romance fiction. If it turns out that academic critics have not kept up with the changes in romance fiction, the image of the contemporary romance reader will require significant change.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Women's and Gender Studies
      Program
      Women's and Gender Studies
      Supervisor
      Relke, Diana
      Committee
      Korinek, Valerie; Forsyth, Louise
      Copyright Date
      September 2006
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08092012-113658
      Subject
      romance fiction
      feminism
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