Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Women, Postfeminism and Romance
- 1 ‘Both Glad and Sorry’: Romance Cycles and Women's Politics
- 2 Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality: Amelioration in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 3 Past vs. Present: Temporality in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 4 Sexy vs. Funny: Sexuality in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 5 Independence vs. Dependence: Economics in the Postfeminist Cycle
- Conclusion: Beginnings vs. Endings: the Future of the Postfeminist Cycle
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Women, Postfeminism and Romance
- 1 ‘Both Glad and Sorry’: Romance Cycles and Women's Politics
- 2 Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality: Amelioration in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 3 Past vs. Present: Temporality in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 4 Sexy vs. Funny: Sexuality in the Postfeminist Cycle
- 5 Independence vs. Dependence: Economics in the Postfeminist Cycle
- Conclusion: Beginnings vs. Endings: the Future of the Postfeminist Cycle
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- American Postfeminist CinemaWomen, Romance and Contemporary Culture, pp. vi - viiiPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2014