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Lynne Pearce (editor) and
Gina Wisker (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pluto Pr
Publication date
May 1, 1998
Pages
224
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780745313863
ISBN-10
0745313868
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 9 in.
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Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$75.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Our apparently indestructible fascination with romance and its various cultural representations has, so far, been inadequately reflected in academic study across the disciplines. This original collection on the ârescriptingâ of romance in popular culture redresses the imbalance by focusing on the changing nature of the genre in film and fiction.Fatal Attractions consider the cultural representation of romance in the wake of postmodernism and postcolonialism and offers clear evidence of romance as a âcategory under stressâ. The contemporary nature of the texts discussed â such as Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction and Hotel du Lac â places it at the centre of many state-of-the-art debates concerning identity, gender, sexuality and desire. Viewing romance in the context of queer theory and AIDS, and challenging many popular psychoanalytic concepts such as âabjectionâ, the collection also makes a significant contribution to feminist and gay/lesbian discussions on the politics of romantic love.'Love is eternal, or so they say. This collection of fifteen original essays explores changing representations of romance in contemporary fiction, with particular attention paid to those texts which appear to challenge or subvert the institutionalized ideology of love: white boy meets and marries white girl, and they live happily ever after...the diverse mix of literary, film and occasional television texts offers some stimulating alternative approaches: feminist writing and criticism; postcolonial theory; queer theory; lesbian writing; and psychoanalytic structures of desire.' Kathrina Glitre, University of Reading for Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies
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9780745313863 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $75.00
About: Our apparently indestructible fascination with romance and its various cultural representations has, so far, been inadequately reflected in academic study across the disciplines.
About: Our apparently indestructible fascination with romance and its various cultural representations has, so far, been inadequately reflected in academic study across the disciplines.
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