{"product_id":"love-language-place-and-identity-in-popular-culture-9781498589383","title":"Love Language Place and Identity in Popular","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other explores the varied representations of Otherness in romance novels and other fiction with strong romantic plots. Contributors' approaches range from sociolinguistics to cultural studies, and the texts analyzed are set on four continents, with particular emphasis on Caribbean and Atlantic islands. What all the essays have in common is the exploration of representations of the Other, be it in an inter-racial or inter-cultural relationship. Chapters are divided into two parts; the first examines place, travel, history, and language in 20th-century texts; while the second explores tensions and transformations in the depiction of Otherness, mainly in texts published in the early 21st century. This book reveals that even at the end of the 20th century, these texts display neocolonialist attitudes towards the Other. While more recent texts show noticeable changes in attitudes, these changes can often fall short, as st\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful and important intervention into discussions of diverse forms of Othering in romance novels. Essential reading for those interested in the formation and unraveling of racial, ethnic, class, and national identities in popular fiction, from the historical to the paranormal. -- Hsu-Ming Teo, Macquarie University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: María Ramos-García and Laura Vivanco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Place, Travel, History and Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Britannia’s Daughters: Popular Romance Fiction and the Ideology of National Superiority (1950s-1970s)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaría del Mar Pérez-Gil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: ‘And they Drive on the Wrong Side of the Road’: The Anglo-centric Vision of the Canary Islands in Mills \u0026amp; Boon Romance Novels (1955-1987)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaría Jesús Vera-Cazorla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Cross-Cultural Romance and the Shadow of the Sheikh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaureen Mulligan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Othering and Language: Bilingual Romances in the Canary Islands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaría Isabel González-Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5:Language Awareness in Four Romances Set on the Island of Madeira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAline Bazenga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Archipelagoes of Romance: Decapitalized Otherness in Caribbean Trash Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRamón Soto-Crespo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Tensions and Transformations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Public Conflicts and Private Treaties in Kathleen Eagle’s Native American Themed Romance Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohanna Hoorenman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Changing Attitudes to Others: Meljean Brook’s Riveted (2012) and its Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Vivanco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Representations of Otherness in Paranormal Romance: Race and Wealth in Nalini Singh and J.R. Ward”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaría Ramos-García\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: ‘There’s Something Charming about a Man with an Accent, Isn’t There?’ The Representation of Otherness in Three Novels by Lisa Kleypas”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInmaculada Pérez-Casal","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040855163223,"sku":"9781498589383","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498589383.jpg?v=1750948071","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/love-language-place-and-identity-in-popular-culture-9781498589383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}