Co-published by ENS Éditions and the Ministry of Culture (DEPS), the book Lire la romance offers a new translation of the 1991 edition of Reading the Romance, published under the title Lire la romance in the early 1980s, in an academic context marked by the emergence of women's studies and feminist studies in the United States.
Lire la romance
Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire
Janice A. Radway
Edited by Delphine Chedaleux, Marine Lambolez
ENS éditions
Collection Perspectives genre
As part of a partnership aimed at making major texts in the humanities and social sciences accessible to French-speaking audiences, this work, co-published by ENS Éditions and the Ministry of Culture (DEPS), offers a new translation of the 1991 edition of Reading the Romance, published under the title Lire la romance in the early 1980s, in an academic context marked by the emergence of women's studies and feminist studies in the United States.
This book explores a cultural phenomenon that was then in full swing: the consumption of romance novels, a literary genre almost exclusively read by women. The author uses a novel methodology, combining analysis of the production, distribution, and reception of these novels, while conducting the first sociological survey of female readers.
Now a bestseller in Anglo-American social sciences, this translation of Reading the Romance makes the text more accessible to French-speaking readers at a time when new romance and dark romance are enjoying phenomenal success among female readers.
This book is aimed at researchers, students, and enthusiasts of sociology, gender studies, and popular culture, offering keys to understanding the links between cultural practices, power, and female identity.