Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture - Romancing the Other

Informationen zum Autor Nandan K. Jha is assistant professor in the department of political science at Valdosta State University. Nandan K. Jha is assistant professor in the department of political science at Valdosta State University. Klappentext This book analyzes representations of otherness in a variety of romantic Anglophone texts from the 1950s to the 2010s using an array of approaches. Together, contributors suggest a trajectory of increasing openness to diversity, but also the many ways in which popular fiction continues to fall short, perpetuating old tropes and stereotypes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: María Ramos-García and Laura Vivanco Part I: Place, Travel, History and Language Chapter 1: Britannia's Daughters: Popular Romance Fiction and the Ideology of National Superiority (1950s-1970s) María del Mar Pérez-Gil Chapter 2: 'And they Drive on the Wrong Side of the Road': The Anglo-centric Vision of the Canary Islands in Mills & Boon Romance Novels (1955-1987) María Jesús Vera-Cazorla Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Romance and the Shadow of the Sheikh Maureen Mulligan Chapter 4: Othering and Language: Bilingual Romances in the Canary Islands María Isabel González-Cruz Chapter 5:Language Awareness in Four Romances Set on the Island of Madeira Aline Bazenga Chapter 6: Archipelagoes of Romance: Decapitalized Otherness in Caribbean Trash Fiction Ramón Soto-Crespo Part II: Tensions and Transformations Chapter 7: Public Conflicts and Private Treaties in Kathleen Eagle's Native American Themed Romance Fiction Johanna Hoorenman Chapter 8: Changing Attitudes to Others: Meljean Brook's Riveted (2012) and its Context Laura Vivanco Chapter 9: Representations of Otherness in Paranormal Romance: Race and Wealth in Nalini Singh and J.R. Ward" María Ramos-García Chapter 10: 'There's Something Charming about a Man with an Accent, Isn't There?' The Representation of Otherness in Three Novels by Lisa Kleypas" Inmaculada Pérez-Casal ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maria Ramos-Garcia, Maria Vivanco Ramos-Garcia, Laura Vivanco
• Con la collaborazione di: María Ramos-García (Editore), Ramos-Garcia Maria (Editore), Laura Vivanco (Editore), Vivanco Laura (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781498589383
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8938-3
• Pagine: 172
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Communication Perspectives in; Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, cultural studies, identity and media, language in media, Literary Studies, love in media, love studies, place and identity, place in media, Popular Culture, romance novels, romance studies , socioling, Communication Studies