Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire 1st Edition by Dyhouse 0191078395 9780191078392

Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire 1st Edition by Dyhouse – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 0191078395,  9780191078392

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0191078395
• ISBN 13: 9780191078392
• Author: Dyhouse

From dreams of Prince Charming or dashing military heroes, to the lure of dark strangers and vampire lovers; from rock stars and rebels to soulmates, dependable family types, or simply good companions, female fantasies about men tell us a great deal about the history of women. In Heartthrobs, Carol Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing cultural and economic position of women has shaped their dreams about men. When girls were supposed to be shrinking violets, passionate females risked being seen as ‘unbridled’, or dangerously out of control. Change came slowly, and young women remained trapped in a double-bind: you may have needed a husband in order to survive, but you had to avoid looking like a gold-digger. Show attraction too openly and you might be judged ‘fast’ and undesirable.

Table of contents:

1. Her Heart’s Desire: What Did Women Want?

2. Unbridled Passions

3. Packaging the Male

4. Once upon a Dream: Prince Charming, Cavaliers, Regency Beaux

5. Dark Princes, Foreign Powers: Desert Lovers, Outsiders, and Vampires

6. Soulmates: Intimacy, Integrity, Trust

7. Power: Protection, Transformative Magic, and Patriarchy

8. Sighing for the Moon?

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