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Introduction: Women, Postfeminism and Romance

© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS iii
  3. Acknowledgments iv
  4. List of Illustrations vi
  5. Introduction: Women, Postfeminism and Romance 1
  6. 1. ‘Both Glad and Sorry’: Romance Cycles and Women’s Politics 27
  7. 2. Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality: Amelioration in the Postfeminist Cycle 55
  8. 3. Past vs. Present: Temporality in the Postfeminist Cycle 83
  9. 4. Sexy vs. Funny: Sexuality in the Postfeminist Cycle 108
  10. 5. Independence vs. Dependence: Economics in the Postfeminist Cycle 140
  11. Conclusion: Beginnings vs. Endings: the Future of the Postfeminist Cycle 170
  12. Selected Bibliography 178
  13. Index 188
American Postfeminist Cinema
This chapter is in the book American Postfeminist Cinema
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748693375-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS iii
  3. Acknowledgments iv
  4. List of Illustrations vi
  5. Introduction: Women, Postfeminism and Romance 1
  6. 1. ‘Both Glad and Sorry’: Romance Cycles and Women’s Politics 27
  7. 2. Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality: Amelioration in the Postfeminist Cycle 55
  8. 3. Past vs. Present: Temporality in the Postfeminist Cycle 83
  9. 4. Sexy vs. Funny: Sexuality in the Postfeminist Cycle 108
  10. 5. Independence vs. Dependence: Economics in the Postfeminist Cycle 140
  11. Conclusion: Beginnings vs. Endings: the Future of the Postfeminist Cycle 170
  12. Selected Bibliography 178
  13. Index 188
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