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

4.0

An interesting book, really worth reading, even though the study is done on a relatively small number of women, and despite the fact that you can feel the way Janice Radway looks down on her subjects.

Otherwise, it contains a number of really neat things, such as the ordinary structure of the romance, the effect of romance novels on women's lives, considerations on escapism... Quite interesting, quite fun.