Becoming a Woman Through RomanceUsing approaches from feminism and cultural studies, this work explores the contradictory role that popular culture plays in the construction of gender, class, race, age, and sexual meanings. Christian-Smith dissects the conservative political themes underlying thirty-four teen romance novels, demonstrating how their flowery versions of romance and femininity actually inscribe white middle class gender ideology and class tensions. |
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Page 80
... Narrative form almost seems uni- versal with its beginning , middle , and end despite the fact that it is the product of particular historical circumstances ( Davis , 1987 ) . Indeed , there are those that argue that we make sense of ...
... Narrative form almost seems uni- versal with its beginning , middle , and end despite the fact that it is the product of particular historical circumstances ( Davis , 1987 ) . Indeed , there are those that argue that we make sense of ...
Page 95
... narrative structure of romance fiction shows its remarkable stability despite the forty years between the first and last novel of the sample . Even though there are two narrative variants , each is organized through the central motif of ...
... narrative structure of romance fiction shows its remarkable stability despite the forty years between the first and last novel of the sample . Even though there are two narrative variants , each is organized through the central motif of ...
Page 96
... narrative structure such as character and action can work to defuse the many tensions within a text . Although I cannot fully relate Davis's important argument about narrative form , I do want to sketch it here . Briefly , the forces of ...
... narrative structure such as character and action can work to defuse the many tensions within a text . Although I cannot fully relate Davis's important argument about narrative form , I do want to sketch it here . Briefly , the forces of ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification | 43 |
Copyright | |
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