Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature by Janice A. Radway

Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature

Janice A. Radway

288 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction feminism romance reflective slow-paced

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Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. Among those who have disparaged roman...

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