Loving with a vengeance
Subtitle: mass-produced fantasies for women
By: Tania Modleski
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780415974516
Subjects: Love stories, English -- History and criticism; Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism; Women -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries; Love stories, American -- History and criticism; Soap operas -- History and criticism; Literature -- Psychological aspects; Women in literature; Women -- Psychology
Description: "Upon its first publication, Loving with a Vengeance was a ground-breaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski here revisits her widely read book, bringing to this new edition a review of the issues that have, in the intervening years, shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading, including romance novels, soap operas, and "chick lit." With her understanding of the power both of the mass-produced object - film, television, or popular literature - and the complex workings of reading and reception, she offers a framework for thinking about one of popular culture's central issues." "This edition includes a new introduction, a new chapter, and changes throughout the existing text."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130) and index