My article on masculinity for the forthcoming special issue of @jprstudies.bsky.social on African romance novels has been published online! This one has been in the works for some time - I'm so pleased it is officially out in the world :)
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@jodimca.bsky.social and I wrote a thing for @theconversation.com on the new season of Rivals!
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Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...
Particularly fond of this line: "If, as Sontag writes, ‘[c]amp is a woman walking around in a dress made of three million feathers’ then camp is also Ken wearing three watches and two pairs of sunglasses, or over-naming his house."
Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.
Introduction Women of all ages have always enjoyed romance. They ask for it in their movies, in their music, from their lovers and in their books. But in Africa, they have had to find it in the pages ...
On my way to give a talk at @northumbriauni.bsky.social and it feels entirely appropriate to be prepping next week's class on Catherine Cookson on the train!
Did Regency romance mad libs with my students today (from Beyond Heaving Bosoms by @smartbitches.bsky.social) so am I a cool teacher now?
Rachel Moss
Finally received a copy of this from the publisher (although ebook only, and I can't download it?!) and was reminded that @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and I wrote some SMART thoughts (probably all from Rachel tbh).
We have been researching her works for a few years now - @jodimca.bsky.social and I wrote about the late Jilly Cooper's work and the readers who loved her for @theconversation.com
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Well this is interesting.
If you can't access the chapter and want to read let me or @menysnoweballes.bsky.social know and we'll send a pre-print your way, or try this link: research.birmingham.ac.uk/files/278419...
