From the Back Cover
An interdisciplinary study of women's popular fiction, particularly romance, over the period 1918 to the present, examining both fictional texts and social ontext within which they are produced and consumed. A central theme of the book is the contradictory place of fiction in women's lives; it is read as an "escape" from domestic routine yet the fiction oftern represents domesticity as a desired goal. Tackles the contradictions of women's popular fiction in an interdisciplinary and accessible way. Academics, researchers and advanced students of Women's Studies; Cultural and Literary studies; Women's History A Harvester Wheatsheaf Book.
