Rethinking the Romance Genre : Global Intimacies in Contemporary Literary and Visual Culture

Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues. In contemporary texts ranging from literary works, to films, to social media, romance facilitates a range of intimacies that offer new feminist models in the age of globalization. Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers approaching global issues. Through a series of close readings informed by historical context and transnational reception, Emily S. Davis demonstrates that the generic instability of the romance makes it an especially malleable tool for representing fluid political, sexual, and racial identities and coalitions in an era of flexible global capitalism. In contemporary texts ranging from literary works to films to social media, romance facilitates a range of intimacies that offer new feminist models for understanding affinity and solidarity in the age of globalization Rethinking The Romance Genre Examines Why The Romance Has Proven Such An Irresistible Form For Contemporary Writers And Filmmakers Approaching Global Issues. Through A Series Of Close Readings Informed By Historical Context And Transnational Reception, Emily S. Davis Demonstrates That The Generic Instability Of The Romance Makes It An Especially Malleable Tool For Representing Fluid Political, Sexual, And Racial Identities And Coalitions In An Era Of Flexible Global Capitalism. In Contemporary Texts Ranging From Literary Works To Films To Social Media, Romance Facilitates A Range Of Intimacies That Offer New Feminist Models For Understanding Affinity And Solidarity In The Age Of Globalization. Introduction: Global Intimacies -- 1980s South African Fiction And The Romance Of Resistance -- Rewriting The Colonial Romance: Ahdaf Soueif, Nayantara Sahgal, And Global Intimacies Between Women -- The Gothic Global: Capitalist Excesses, Postcolonial Returns -- The Intimacies Of Globalization: Bodies And Borders On-screen -- Conclusion: Electronic Affects. Emily S. Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Global Intimacies....Pages 1-25 1980s South African Fiction and the Romance of Resistance....Pages 27-62 Rewriting the Colonial Romance: Global Intimacies between Women....Pages 63-102 The Gothic Global: Capitalist Excesses, Postcolonial Returns....Pages 103-131 The Intimacies of Globalization: Bodies and Borders On-Screen....Pages 133-160 Conclusion: Electronic Affects....Pages 161-171 Back Matter....Pages 173-236