{"product_id":"romance-fandom-in-21st-century-pakistan-reading-the-regency-hardcover","title":"Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan: Reading the Regency - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJavaria Farooqui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Booth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRukmini Pande\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre experts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJavaria Farooqui inspects the popular Anglophone romance reading community in Pakistan and develops a model for analysing genre romance novels through the lens of the readers' perspective and preferences. Using focus-group interviews and close textual analysis, \u003ci\u003eRomance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e explores where and how readers access books of their choice, and explains why the detailed descriptions of dresses, food and spaces in historical romance novels of the Regency era exemplify good taste for this distinctive readership. Sitting at the intersection of literary studies, genre studies, and fan studies, this book considers the reception of Anglophone romance fiction by reading communities of colour.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJavaria Farooqui \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of English and Literary Studies at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan. Dr. Farooqui's research interests fall across multiple disciplines and topic areas in the humanities and social sciences, including fan studies, book history, women's writing and histories, digital humanities, language acquisition, popular romance studies, and reader response studies. She is engaged in research projects that explore the reception and materiality of texts, the ramifications of colonization and its aftermath on a nation's literary culture, gender-based violence, and the problematic reception of Anglophone movies in Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45538985771110,"sku":"9798765110409","price":147.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/7eTddSv97i9798765110409.webp?v=1776847848","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/romance-fandom-in-21st-century-pakistan-reading-the-regency-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}