A Parody of Love: the Narrative Uses of Rape in Popular Romance

A Parody of Love: the Narrative Uses of Rape in Popular Romance

Discussions of rape in popular romance have most often centered on how these scenes affect or reflect the lives of romance readers. Detractors of the genre have used its presence to support the notion that romance is a patriarchal and repressive literary form, while defenders have often pointed to t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angela R. Toscano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Popular Romance Studies
Subjects:
anagnorisis
bataille
bed‐trick
bodies
angela toscano
anna campbell
catherine coulter
coercion
desire
dialogue with the other
epistemology
embodiment
exchange
"forced seduction"
patricia gaffney
identity
interrogation
carolyn jewel
kathleen woodiwiss
knowledge of the other
language
levinas
love
mistaken identity
narratology
other
parody
persuasion
possession
rape
romance
revelation
seduction
anne stuart
understanding as partial negation
violence
violation
speech
Online Access:https://www.jprstudies.org/2012/04/a-parody-of-love-the-narrative-uses-of-rape-in-popular-romance-by-angela-toscano/

Internet

https://www.jprstudies.org/2012/04/a-parody-of-love-the-narrative-uses-of-rape-in-popular-romance-by-angela-toscano/

Similar Items