Bibliograph

Heartthrobs, a history of women and desire, Carol Dyhouse

Type

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Heartthrobs, a history of women and desire, Carol Dyhouse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-251) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heartthrobs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

955313279

Responsibility statement

Carol Dyhouse

Sub title

a history of women and desire

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Epigraphs -- Introduction -- Her heart's desire : What did women want? -- Unbridled passions -- Packaging the male -- Once upon a dream : Prince Charming, cavaliers, Regency beaux -- Dark princes, foreign powers : desert lovers, outsiders, and vampires -- Soulmates : intimacy, integrity, trust -- Power : protection, transformative magic, and patriarchy -- Sighing for the moon?

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