Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other - Couverture souple

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9781498589406: Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other
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ISBN 10 : 1498589405 ISBN 13 : 9781498589406
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2022

Synopsis

Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other explores the varied representations of Otherness in romance novels and other fiction with strong romantic plots. Contributors' approaches range from sociolinguistics to cultural studies, and the texts analyzed are set on four continents, with particular emphasis on Caribbean and Atlantic islands. What all the essays have in common is the exploration of representations of the Other, be it in an inter-racial or inter-cultural relationship. Chapters are divided into two parts; the first examines place, travel, history, and language in 20th-century texts; while the second explores tensions and transformations in the depiction of Otherness, mainly in texts published in the early 21st century. This book reveals that even at the end of the 20th century, these texts display neocolonialist attitudes towards the Other. While more recent texts show noticeable changes in attitudes, these changes can often fall short, as stereotypes and prejudices are often still present, just below the surface, in popular novels. The understudied field of popular romance, in which the Other is frequently present as a love interest, proves to be a fruitful area in which to explore the potential and the realities of the treatment of Otherness in popular culture. Scholars of literature, communication, romance, and rhetoric will find this book particularly useful.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laura Vivanco holds a PhD from the University of St. Andrews.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498589405
ISBN 13 
9781498589406
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
171
Éditeur
Ramos-García María
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9781498589383: Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1498589383 ISBN 13 :  9781498589383
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2020
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