Feminist Popular Fiction

Zusatztext '...this book is a good introduction to feminist popular fiction...' - Nancy St. Clair! Science Fiction Studies Informationen zum Autor MERJA MAKINEN is Principal Lecturer in English Literary Studies at Middlesex University. She has published Female Fetishism: A New Look with Lorraine Gamman, Joyce Cary: A Descriptive Bibliography , and a number of essays on Angela Carter. Klappentext An examination of feminist writers' appropriation of a range of popular genres: detective fiction, science fiction, romance and the fairy tale. The author argues that feminists can successfully appropriate all four genres because genres, as cultural productions, have accommodated the cultural changes brought about by second-wave feminism. The book provides a history of each of the genres, reinstating women's contributions in those histories, and a comprehensive review of the feminist critical debates on each of the genres. Zusammenfassung An examination of feminist writers' appropriation of a range of popular genres: detective fiction, science fiction, romance and the fairy tale. The author argues that feminists can successfully appropriate all four genres because genres, as cultural productions, have accommodated the cultural changes brought about by second-wave feminism. The book provides a history of each of the genres, reinstating women's contributions in those histories, and a comprehensive review of the feminist critical debates on each of the genres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Unlashing the Genres Feminism and Genre Fiction The Romance The Fairy Tale Detective Fiction Science Fiction Endnotes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Unlashing the Genres Feminism and Genre Fiction The Romance The Fairy Tale Detective Fiction Science Fiction Endnotes Bibliography Index

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'...this book is a good introduction to feminist popular fiction...' - Nancy St. Clair, Science Fiction Studies

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• Authors: M Makinen, M. Makinen, Merja Makinen
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349419661
• ISBN: 978-1-349-41966-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Feminism, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Fiction, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary theory, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Fiction Literature, Literature—Philosophy, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, detective fiction;feminism;fiction;women