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Feminist Popular Fiction

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Merja Makinen

    1. English Literary Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Unleashing the Genres

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 1-6

  3. Feminism and Genre Fiction: the Preliminaries

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 7-22

  4. The Romance

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 23-55

  5. The Fairy Tale

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 56-91

  6. Detective Fiction

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 92-128

  7. Science Fiction

    • Merja Makinen
    Pages 129-165
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About this book

An examination of feminist writers' appropriation of a range of popular genres: detective fiction, science fiction, romance and the fairy tale. The author argues that feminists can successfully appropriate all four genres because genres, as cultural productions, have accommodated the cultural changes brought about by second-wave feminism. The book provides a history of each of the genres, reinstating women's contributions in those histories, and a comprehensive review of the feminist critical debates on each of the genres.

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'...this book is a good introduction to feminist popular fiction...' - Nancy St. Clair, Science Fiction Studies

Authors and Affiliations

  • English Literary Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Merja Makinen

About the author

MERJA MAKINEN is Principal Lecturer in English Literary Studies at Middlesex University. She has published Female Fetishism: A New Look with Lorraine Gamman, Joyce Cary: A Descriptive Bibliography, and a number of essays on Angela Carter.

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