Disability Studies Reads the Romance

Cheyne, Ria (2013) Disability Studies Reads the Romance. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 7 (1). pp. 37-52. ISSN 1757-6466

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Abstract

As the most popular of the popular genres, romance novels are an important site of investigation for cultural disability studies, a field concerned with the effects that representations of disability have on the world. The article explores the productive potentials of a dialogue between cultural disability studies and popular romance studies. With a focus on selected novels by Mary Balogh, a bestselling author of historical romance, the argument is that the frequent use of disabled characters, and the way in which those characters are depicted, positions all disabled characters as potential romantic actants, and encourages readers to reflect critically upon how they conceptualize disability.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Susan Murray
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2014 09:51
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2024 14:52
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/187

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