Shame game
Romance novels and feminist shame, a mad lib for collective feeling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Eisler Burnett (0000-0002-5940-0610, University of Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-144 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-770X • E-ISSN: 1748-5819 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0740770x.2013.827374 |
| OpenAlex | W2331328231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay frames an original mad lib representing a conversation between two friends about romance novels. The author attempts to locate a path to feminism in romance-novel culture in the communities built around a commonality of shame wrought by reading these books. She argues that this shame both draws readers together and undermines the explicit goals of the mainstream romance publishing industry. She asks readers to join in by completing the included mad lib with a friend
Art · Conversation · Feeling · Feminism · Literature · Mainstream · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Publishing · Romance · Shame · Sociology · Communication · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |