Interracial Romance Novels and the Resolution of Racial Difference
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu11313658732021-08-03T05:27:44Z Interracial Romance Novels and the Resolution of Racial Difference Blanding, Cristen Celeste Romance novels Gender Race Whiteness African-Americans Textual Analysis Popular Literature Feminist Analysis This thesis is a study of the emerging subgenre of category romance novels that depict interracial relationships, specifically relationships between black women and white men. Employing textual analysis of twenty-six novels published from 1995-2005, by romance publishers such as Harlequin, Silhouette, and Genesis Press, and situating them as category romance novels targeted towards a black female audience and written by black female authors, this study argues that these novels constitute a new subgenre, and that the conventions and themes that are common to these novels conceptualize racial difference as the most salient issue in the depiction of interracial romantic relationships, while simultaneously arguing that romantic love is fundamentally apolitical. 2005-11-07 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131365873 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131365873 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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