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Overview
After decades of feminism and deconstruction, romance remains firmly in places a central preoccupation in the lives of most women.Synopsis
After decades of feminism and deconstruction, romance remains firmly in place as a central preoccupation in the lives of most women. Divorce rates skyrocket, the traditional family is challenged from all sides, and yet romance seems indestructible. In terms of its cultural representation, the popularity of romance also appears unchallenged. Popular fiction, Hollywood cinema, television soap-operas, and the media in general all display a seemingly bottomless appetite for romantic subjects. The trappings of classic romance—white weddings, love songs, Valentine's Day--are as commercially viable as ever.
In this anthology of original essays, romance is revisited from a wide spectrum of perspectives, not just in fiction and film but in a whole range of cultural phenomena. Essays range over such issues as Valentine's Day, interracial relationships, medieval erotic visions and modern romance fiction, the relationship between the lesbian poet H.D. and Bryher, the pervasive whiteness of romantic desire, lesbian erotica in the age of AIDS, and the public romance of Charles and Diana.
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Presents papers from a March 1993 conference reevaluating feminism's relationship to romance. Essays reveal that contemporary cultural scripts and attitudes about romantic love are changing. Topics include medieval erotic vision and modern romance fiction, lesbian erotica in the age of AIDS, postmodern romances of feminist science fiction, interracial relationships, and working class women's refusal of romance between the wars in Britain. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)