“The Powers That Decide” in the J. R. Ward Message Board

• Authors: Andreea Pele
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Romance has the reputation of being an opiate for the masses. This paper intends to analyze if it is indeed a fantasy imposed from above or if there is room for negotiation. The chosen space is vampire romance writer J. R. Ward's forum. Power will be discussed through the lens of Foucault's Panopticon and de Certeau's productive consumption, among others.

Keywords

EN

fan studies; power relations; romance; Panopticon; productive consumption

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 243-252

Dates

published

2013-03-01

online

2013-02-22

Contributors

author

Andreea Pele

• West University of Timişoara

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2013-0023