Loving with a vengeance : mass-produced fantasies for women / Tania Modleski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Modleski, Tania, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.

Romance fiction, English.

Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.

Popular literature.

Literature--Psychological aspects.

Literature.

English-speaking countries.

Women--Books and reading--English-speaking countries.

Women.

Women--Books and reading.

Women and literature--English-speaking countries.

Women and literature.

Romance fiction, American--History and criticism.

Romance fiction, American.

Television soap operas--History and criticism.

Television soap operas.

Radio soap operas--History and criticism.

Radio soap operas.

Women in literature.

Women--Psychology.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 138 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2008]

Summary:

Upon its first publication, "Loving with a Vengeance "was a groundbreaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski has revisited 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. With her trademark acuity and 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 here 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-130) and index.

ISBN:

9780415974516

0415974518

OCLC:

123767276