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A01=Lisa Fletcher
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Anna Hackett
Anne Cranny-Francis
archetypal and ahistorical categories
Author_Beth Driscoll
Author_Kim Wilkins
Author_Lisa Fletcher
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Brian Attebery
Brian Stableford
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Category=DSB
Category=DSRC
Category=JBCC1
Category=JFCA
Category=KNTP
combinatorial system
contemporary Australian fantasy
contemporary epic fantasy fiction
Contemporary genre fiction
COP=United States
creative collaborations
Crime
cultural
David Carter
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
designers
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double otherness
drama
editors
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Gerard Genette
Hans Robert Jauss
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Henry James
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How readers shape genres
Howard S. Becker
Hsu-Ming Teo
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industrial paradigms
inglobal fan cultures
J. R. R. Tolkien
Janice Radway
Jason Mittell
Jayashree Kamble
Jeremy Rosen
Jerry Palmer
Jodi McAlister
John Cawelti
John Clute
John Frow
John Scaggs
John Sutherland
Ken Gelder
Kim Wilkins
Language_English
Lee Child
Lisa Fletcher
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Literary studies and genre fiction
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London
Lynne Pearce
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Michael Butter
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Nora Roberts
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Thomas J. Roberts
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Product details
- ISBN 9781625346612
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 29 Apr 2022
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Works of genre fiction are a source of enjoyment, read during cherished leisure time and in incidental moments of relaxation. This original book takes readers inside popular genres of fiction, including crime, fantasy, and romance, to reveal how personal tastes, social connections, and industry knowledge shape genre worlds. Attuned to both the pleasure and the profession of producing genre fiction, the authors investigate contemporary developments in the field—the rise of Amazon, self-publishing platforms, transmedia storytelling, and growing global publishing conglomerates—and show how these interact with older practices, from fan conventions to writers' groups.
Sitting at the intersection of literary studies, genre studies, fan studies, and studies of the book and publishing cultures, Genre Worlds considers how contemporary genre fiction is produced and circulated on a global scale. Its authors propose an innovative theoretical framework that unfolds genre fiction's most compelling characteristics: its connected social, industrial, and textual practices. As they demonstrate, genre fiction books are not merely texts; they are also nodes of social and industrial activity involving the production, dissemination, and reception of the texts.
KIM WILKINS is professor of writing publishing and twenty-first-century book culture at the University of Queensland.BETH DRISCOLL is associate professor of publishing communications and arts management at the University of Melbourne.LISA FLETCHER is head of the School of Humanities and professor of English at the University of Tasmania.
