After decades of feminism and deconstruction, romance remains
firmly in place as a central preoccupation in the lives of most
women. Divorce rates skyrocket, the traditional family is
challenged from all sides, and yet romance seems indestructible. In
terms of its cultural representation, the popularity of romance
also appears unchallenged. Popular fiction, Hollywood cinema,
television soap-operas, and the media in general all display a
seemingly bottomless appetite for romantic subjects. The trappings
of classic romance--white weddings, love songs, Valentine's
Day--are as commercially viable as ever.
In this anthology of original essays, romance is revisited from
a wide spectrum of perspectives, not just in fiction and film but
in a whole range of cultural phenomena. Essays range over such
issues as Valentine's Day, interracial relationships, medieval
erotic visions and modern romance fiction, the relationship between
the lesbian poet H.D. and Bryher, the pervasive whiteness of
romantic desire, lesbian erotica in the age of AIDS, and the public
romance of Charles and Diana.
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