tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post206671939139607281..comments2024-03-28T07:00:12.226-04:00Comments on Romance Novels for Feminists: The Feminist Romance Novel—A Contradiction in Terms?Jackie C. Hornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-4714905760777522892012-09-20T20:21:04.573-04:002012-09-20T20:21:04.573-04:00I like the premise - will definitely be reading!I like the premise - will definitely be reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205025424737829934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-14957242697106718182012-09-20T17:49:58.587-04:002012-09-20T17:49:58.587-04:00Oh, please.
Not this again. The romance novel do...Oh, please. <br /><br />Not this again. The romance novel does not need to be defended, or explained to the masses, or parsed for the intelligentsia. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-4935786095654863322012-09-19T15:08:43.558-04:002012-09-19T15:08:43.558-04:00Looks fun!
LoriLooks fun! <br />LoriLori Devotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978991082814872229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-18599252325390706782012-09-19T10:10:02.337-04:002012-09-19T10:10:02.337-04:00Thanks, Betty. I look forward to hearing your thou...Thanks, Betty. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on reading and writing romance, too.Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-56384227237829403572012-09-19T10:09:32.462-04:002012-09-19T10:09:32.462-04:00Thanks, Shayne. I'll do my best to live up to ...Thanks, Shayne. I'll do my best to live up to your high expectations!Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-4533433751843826622012-09-19T10:09:03.527-04:002012-09-19T10:09:03.527-04:00Thanks, Jenny. I'm looking forward to hearing ...Thanks, Jenny. I'm looking forward to hearing your insights.Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-59372168906182770762012-09-19T10:08:10.006-04:002012-09-19T10:08:10.006-04:00Thanks, Cynthia!Thanks, Cynthia!Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-45836698030268670562012-09-19T10:07:30.751-04:002012-09-19T10:07:30.751-04:00Marissa:
I will definitely be including YA romanc...Marissa:<br /><br />I will definitely be including YA romance in my reviews. I'm looking forward to discussing specific books, as well as thinking about the connections (and disconnections) with RWA-defined romance and romance as it has generally appeared in YA lit over the past 80 years.Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-7780840533798801002012-09-19T10:05:02.256-04:002012-09-19T10:05:02.256-04:00I'm in. Your plan sounds like an interesting a...I'm in. Your plan sounds like an interesting and thoughtful assessment of writing and reading of romances. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286119700825983272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-79455665422995519992012-09-19T09:21:42.918-04:002012-09-19T09:21:42.918-04:00I typically avoid blogs because of dull subjects a...I typically avoid blogs because of dull subjects and poor writing, but having read your delightful introduction, I'll be back to follow along. All the very best. ShayneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-25874194733905811012012-09-19T08:56:02.214-04:002012-09-19T08:56:02.214-04:00The blog looks great! Good luck with making it a s...The blog looks great! Good luck with making it a success. :)Cynthia Sherrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288379745961381697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-37299577384424309542012-09-18T23:40:14.515-04:002012-09-18T23:40:14.515-04:00I'm adding this to my blog roll, as a long-tim...I'm adding this to my blog roll, as a long-time reader of both romances and children's books. It will be fascinating to see what you discover. Yes, there's a lot of feminism in romances. Speaking as a reader of romances from Harlequin/Silhouette days to the present, i.e. from 1974 to the present, I've seen writers use romances to present the "new" woman, working, being assertive, and working out relationships as equals with men. It's changed over the years as times have changed but the question always is how to relate to the world not just men as independent women.<br />Yours,<br />JennyJenny Schwartzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346217514073560797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-59964418618585809442012-09-18T22:32:09.111-04:002012-09-18T22:32:09.111-04:00I'll be reading along as well, Jackie, and hop...I'll be reading along as well, Jackie, and hope you'll include young adult romance for consideration as well as adult romance.Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630346294397505634.post-10790974435729824752012-09-18T21:20:34.637-04:002012-09-18T21:20:34.637-04:00deborahSeptember 18, 2012 9:33 AM
Jackie,
when I ...deborahSeptember 18, 2012 9:33 AM<br />Jackie,<br /><br />when I saw the e-mail was from you I gave it a second look, but when I saw<br /><br />"by focusing on the romance genre as a whole, rather than looking at individual books, or even trends or patterns over historical time in the field"<br /><br />I knew I was going to be interested in what you have to say here. Looking forward to this blog!<br /><br />(I can see where Regis was coming from; as we in childlit are well aware, it's hard not to be knee-jerk when people are constantly attacking your entire field, and romance have gotten it much worse than children's literature. When Radway is the closest thing to defense anyone had pointed to in your field for decades, then yeah, I can see why you would make broad claims for the genre as a whole. But especially now that romance criticism is getting more mature, we can definitely move away from that.)<br /><br />ReplyDelete<br /><br />Jackie C. HorneSeptember 18, 2012 9:39 AM<br />Thanks, Deborah, for checking this out. Yes, I see a lot of parallels between children's lit scholarship and romance novel scholarship, and think romance is at a similar place that child lit was about ten years ago -- ready to move beyond the defensive and forward into more close reading, more historically-grounded analysis.<br /><br />P.S. Just got a copy of NEW APPROACHES TO POPULAR ROMANCE FICTION, and am looking forward to reading your essay on genre romance and slash fiction.<br /><br />Kristine MoruziSeptember 18, 2012 8:14 PM<br />This looks very exciting! I can't wait to read more of your thoughts about feminism and romance fiction.Jackie C. Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146684628443152376noreply@blogger.com