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E. Davis
Rethinking the Romance Genre [PDF ebook]
Global Intimacies in Contemporary Literary and Visual Culture

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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.

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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

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

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 236 ● ISBN 9781137371874 ● File size 1.2 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 3092085 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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