Janice A Radway
Biographic Data
| ID | 302689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janice A Radway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janice A |
| FAMILY NAME | Radway |
| SIGNATURE | RADWAY J A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 176 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reading the Romance
Lectures à « l'eau de rosé ». Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire
Reading the Romance. Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature Janice A. Radway The romance-reading phenomenon, considered non only from the internal narrative structure, but also, through an ethnographic investigation, from the practices and interpretations of their readers, appears to be a fundamentally ambivalent practice. It reinforces traditional values and institutions and carries oppositional aspects (can be said an «oppositional moment»), …
A Feeling for Books
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November 1998
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November, 1998 Janice Radway* (bio) I In the spring of 1960, less than ten years after the founding of the American Studies Association, its first President, Carl Bode, of the University of Maryland, sat down to recall the moment of the Association's founding. Assuming that the members of the American Studies Association might be interested in the story of how he start…
Reading the romance
Challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. In a new introduction, author Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and critique of the study's limitations.--From publisher description
Love's Labors
Women Read the Romance
By now, the statistics are well known and the argument familiar. The Canadian publisher, Harlequin Enterprises, alone claims to have sold 168 million romances throughout the world in the single year of 1979.1 In addition, at least twelve other paperback publishing houses currently issue from two to six romantic novels every month, nearly all of which are scooped up voraciously by an audience whose composition and size has yet to be accurately det…
Phenomenology, Linguistics, and Popular Literature
Reading the Romance
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November 1998
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November, 1998 Janice Radway* (bio) I In the spring of 1960, less than ten years after the founding of the American Studies Association, its first President, Carl Bode, of the University of Maryland, sat down to recall the moment of the Association's founding. Assuming that the members of the American Studies Association might be interested in the story of how he start…
A Feeling for Books
Women Read the Romance
By now, the statistics are well known and the argument familiar. The Canadian publisher, Harlequin Enterprises, alone claims to have sold 168 million romances throughout the world in the single year of 1979.1 In addition, at least twelve other paperback publishing houses currently issue from two to six romantic novels every month, nearly all of which are scooped up voraciously by an audience whose composition and size has yet to be accurately det…
Lectures à « l'eau de rosé ». Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire
Reading the Romance. Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature Janice A. Radway The romance-reading phenomenon, considered non only from the internal narrative structure, but also, through an ethnographic investigation, from the practices and interpretations of their readers, appears to be a fundamentally ambivalent practice. It reinforces traditional values and institutions and carries oppositional aspects (can be said an «oppositional moment»), …
Phenomenology, Linguistics, and Popular Literature
Women Read the Romance
By now, the statistics are well known and the argument familiar. The Canadian publisher, Harlequin Enterprises, alone claims to have sold 168 million romances throughout the world in the single year of 1979.1 In addition, at least twelve other paperback publishing houses currently issue from two to six romantic novels every month, nearly all of which are scooped up voraciously by an audience whose composition and size has yet to be accurately det…
Love's Labors
Reading the romance
Challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. In a new introduction, author Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and critique of the study's limitations.--From publisher description
A Feeling for Books
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November 1998
What's in a Name? Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, 20 November, 1998 Janice Radway* (bio) I In the spring of 1960, less than ten years after the founding of the American Studies Association, its first President, Carl Bode, of the University of Maryland, sat down to recall the moment of the Association's founding. Assuming that the members of the American Studies Association might be interested in the story of how he start…
Lectures à « l'eau de rosé ». Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire
Reading the Romance. Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature Janice A. Radway The romance-reading phenomenon, considered non only from the internal narrative structure, but also, through an ethnographic investigation, from the practices and interpretations of their readers, appears to be a fundamentally ambivalent practice. It reinforces traditional values and institutions and carries oppositional aspects (can be said an «oppositional moment»), …
Reading the Romance
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