Loving with a Vengeance : Mass Produced Fantasies for Women

Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- 1 Mass-Produced Fantasies For Women -- 2 The Disappearing Act -- 3 The Female Uncanny -- 4 The Search for Tomorrow in Today's Soap Operas -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;Upon its first publication, Loving with a Vengeance was a groundbreaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski has revisited her widely read book, bringing to this new edition a review of the issues that have, in the intervening years, shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading. With her trademark acuity and understanding of the power both of the mass-produced object, film, television, or popular literature, and the complex workings of reading and reception, she offers here a framework for thinking about one of popular culture's central issues. This edition includes a new introduction, a new chapter, and changes throughout the existing text. Upon Its First Publication, Loving With A Vengeance Was A Ground-breaking Study Of Women Readers And Their Relationship To Mass-market Romance Fiction. Feminist Scholar And Cultural Critic Tania Modleski Here Revisits Her Widely Read Book, Bringing To This New Edition A Review Of The Issues That Have, In The Intervening Years, Shaped And Reshaped Questions Of Women's Reading, Including Romance Novels, Soap Operas, And Chick Lit. With Her Understanding Of The Power Both Of The Mass-produced Object - Film, Television, Or Popular Literature - And The Complex Workings Of Reading And Reception, She Offers A Framework For Thinking About One Of Popular Culture's Central Issues. This Edition Includes A New Introduction, A New Chapter, And Changes Throughout The Existing Text.--book Jacket. Ch. 1. Mass-produced Fantasies For Women -- Ch. 2. The Disappearing Act : Harlequin Romances -- Ch. 3. The Female Uncanny : Gothic Novels For Women -- Ch. 4. The Search For Tomorrow In Today’s Soap Operas. Tania Modleski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 121-130) And Index. Although Harlequin Romances, Gothic novels, and soap operas provide mass(ive) entertainment for countless numbers of women of varying ages, classes, and even educational backgrounds, very few critics have taken them seriously enough to study them in any detail. Reviewing the issues that have shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading, this book is a study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction.