Publications

Publication details [#26966]

Youmans, Madeleine, G. Genevieve Patthey-Chavez and Lindsay Clare. 1996. Watery passion: The struggle between hegemony and sexual liberation in erotic fiction for women. Discourse & Society 7 (1) : 77–106.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | erotetic logic | experience | novel | sex

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This analysis reveals how the sexual experiences depicted in erotic romance novels, specifically intended for a female audience, represent women's own (contested) erotic preferences.