Heartthrobs: a history of women and desire

In Heartthrobs, social and cultural historian Carole Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing position of women has shaped their dreams about men, from Lord Byron in the early nineteenth century to boy-bands in the early twenty-first. Reflecting on the hist...

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1. Verfasser: Dyhouse, Carol 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2017
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:In Heartthrobs, social and cultural historian Carole Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing position of women has shaped their dreams about men, from Lord Byron in the early nineteenth century to boy-bands in the early twenty-first. Reflecting on the history of women as consumers and on the nature of fantasy, escapism, and 'fandom', she takes us deep into the world of gender and the imagination. A great deal of feminist literature has shown women as objects of the 'male gaze': this book looks at men through the eyes of women
Beschreibung:xv, 262 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780198765837
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