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Reading Romance Novels: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature (Arts and Society Translation Series) Janice A. Radway257k Wordscompleted Feminists, literary critics, and popular culture theorists have always ignored romance readings. They claim that "romantic plots" promote female readers' dependence on men and acceptance of the repressive ideologies conveyed by popular culture. Janice A. Radway challenges this statement, arguing that critical attention must shift from considering the text itself in isolation to the complex social events behind reading. Reading Romance has received critical acclaim for its innovative and groundbr 229Reads9.1Score128Shelves