Reading the Romance by Janice A Radway

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Originally published in 1984, 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. Radway argues that critical attention “must shift from the text itself, taken in isolation, to the complex social event of reading.”

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Reading the Romance by Janice A Radway

Originally published in 1984, 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. Radway argues that critical attention must shift from the text itself, taken in isolation, to the complex social event of reading.

Janice A. Radway is Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communication and professor of American studies and gender studies at Northwestern University and author of A Feeling for Books.

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ISBN 13	9780807843499
ISBN 10	0807843490
Title	Reading the Romance
Author	Janice A Radway
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Year published	1991-11-30
Number of pages	306
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