{"product_id":"9798765141601","title":"Reading for Pleasure Working Women and the Popular Romance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReading for Pleasure\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorking Women and the Popular Romance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLise Shapiro Sanders\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsserts that the popular romance offered new possibilities for young working women as social actors and media consumers in early 20th-century Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung working women were the target audience for popular romance fiction and film in early 20th-century Britain, and as such, were often seen as impressionable consumers of escapist fantasies. \u003ci\u003eReading for Pleasure \u003c\/i\u003ecomplicates this narrative, revealing how women writers, readers, and audiences reimagined the romance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading bestselling novels by Elinor Glyn and E. M. Hull, weekly magazines for girls and young women, and the writings of birth control campaigner Marie Stopes and socialist feminist Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, among others, Lise Shapiro Sanders offers an interdisciplinary study of early 20th-century popular romance fiction written by and for women, in the context of the star discourses and fan cultures of silent cinema. She examines how the popular romance resonated with the lives and experiences of young working women, exploring topics such as fashion, beauty, and consumption; desire, pleasure, and affect; sexuality and contraception; feminism, labor, and political activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy examining the historical foundations of the popular romance, \u003ci\u003eReading for Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e argues that we can glean important insights into young women's social and political agency, both in the early 20th century and today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLise Shapiro Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Hampshire College, USA. College, USA. Her books include \u003ci\u003eEmbodied Utopias: Gender, Social Change, and the Modern Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eConsuming Fantasies: Labor, Leisure, and the London Shopgirl, 1880-1920\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eBodies and Lives in Victorian England: Science, Sexuality, and the Affliction of Being Female \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), and \u003ci\u003eTemples of Luxury\u003c\/i\u003e (2024).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765141601\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936258850956,"sku":"9798765141601","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_26fd95ea-ee3f-4464-a3c0-2f3f396f43a9.jpg?v=1786016431","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765141601","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}