Beauty and the beast

The romanticization of abuse in popular culture

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12599984
AutoresLaura Béres (0000-0001-6926-0562, University of Toronto, autor correspondente)
Ano1999
Volume2
Fascículo2
Páginas191-207
Data de publicação1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/136754949900200203
OpenAlexW2032920967
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas4

This article examines the romantic portrayal of men’s control of women in such popular cultural texts as Beauty and the Beast and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The author of this article has provided counselling services to abused women for many years. She describes the development of her concern in the meaning-making behaviours of abused women who engage with texts that romanticize abuse. A theoretical terrain is discussed, allowing for an unfixed positioning of both the writer and reader of the article, while considering the complex world of audience-text-academic

Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · Dracula · Literature · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Mythology · Romance · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology