Rethinking the Romance Genre

Global Intimacies in Contemporary Literary and Visual Culture
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-47587-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3164 g

Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues. In contemporary texts ranging from literary works, to films, to social media, romance facilitates a range of intimacies that offer new feminist models in the age of globalization.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Unfulfilled Desires: Producing and Consuming the Global Romance 1. 1980s South African Fiction and the Romance of Resistance 2. Rewriting the Colonial Romance: Intimacies Between Women 3. The Gothic Global: Capitalist Excesses, Postcolonial Returns 4. The Intimacies of Globalization: Bodies and Borders On-Screen Conclusion: Electronic Affects

Über Autor(innen)

Emily S. Davis is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at University of Delaware, USA.