Rewriting the Romance: Emotion Work and Consent in Arranged Marriage Fanfiction

Rewriting the Romance: Emotion Work and Consent in Arranged Marriage Fanfiction

In this paper, I explore arranged marriage slash fanfiction stories as a space where marriage as an institution is challenged and alternative discourses around sexual consent in unequal intimate relationships are generated.Fanfiction is amateur fiction based on existing media. Within fanfiction, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Milena Popova
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) 2018-07-01
Series:	Journal of Popular Romance Studies
Subjects:	fan fiction fan studies marriage of convenience sexual consent slash
Online Access:	https://www.jprstudies.org/2018/07/rewriting-the-romance-emotion-work-and-consent-in-arranged-marriage-fanfictionby-milena-popova/

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