Hot-Wired: From Printed to Digital Interaction in the Peri-Narrative Realism of Toys and Romance

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

    Description

    The main hypothesis of the presentation is that increasingly participatory websites have allowed romance readers, typically seen as conservative, poorly educated and very private consumers of a genre, to share, explore, and participate in a widening field of information. This hypothesis is situated within an argument about the complex relations worked out, in literature and material culture, as we move from printed to digital narratives, from mass production back to unique works of art, from "readers" to "users".
    Emneord: Internet fiction, Romance literature, Consumer culture
    Period30 Aug 2006
    Event titleESSE 8
    Event typeConference
    OrganiserEuropean Society for the Study of English
    LocationLondon, United KingdomShow on map

    Keywords

    • Internet fiction
    • Romance literature
    • Consumer culture