Stable Lover Novel
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Naughty Girls and Gay Male Romance/Porn: Slash Fiction, Boys' Love Manga, and Other Works by Female "Cross-Voyeurs" in the U.S. Academic Discourses
Author: Carola Katharina Bauer
language: en
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Release Date: 2013-05-17
Despite the fact that there actually exists a large number of pornographic and romantic texts about male homosexuality consumed and produced by American women since the 1970s, the "abnormality" of those female cross-voyeurs is constantly underlined in U.S. popular and academic culture. As the astonished, public reactions in the face of a largely female (heterosexual) audience of "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and "Queer as Folk" (2000-2005) have shown, a woman's erotic/romantic interest in male homosexuality is definitely not as accepted as its male counterpart (men consuming lesbian porn). In the academic publications on female cross-voyeurs, the application of double standards with regard to male/female cross-voyeurism is even more obvious. As Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse note in their "Introduction" to "Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Internet" (2006), slash fiction - fan fiction about male homosexual relationships mainly produced and consumed by women - has stood in the center of fan fiction studies so far, despite being merely a subgenre of it. The reason for this seems to be an urge to explain the underlying motivations for the fascination of women with m/m romance or pornography within the academic discourse - a trend which differs completely from the extremely under-theorized complex of men interested in "lesbians." It is this obvious influence of conventional gender stereotypes on the perception of these phenomena that provokes me to examine the way in which the works of female cross-voyeurism and their consumers/producers are conceptualized in the U.S. scholarly accounts. In many ways, this thesis explores unknown territories and respectively tries to take a closer look at academic problems that have not been adequately addressed yet.
In The Name of Love
We yearn to experience the idealized love depicted in so many novels, movies, poems, and popular songs. Ironically, it is the idealization of love that arms it with its destructive power. Popular media consistently remind us that love is all we need, but statistics concerning the rate of depression and suicides after divorce or romantic break up remind us what might happened if "all that we need" is taken away. This book is about our ideals of love, our experiences, of love, the actual disparity between the two, and the manners of coping with this disparity. A major study case of the book concerns men who have murdered their wives or partners allegedly 'out of love'. It is estimated that over 30% of all female murder victims in the United States die at the hands of a former or present spouse or boyfriend. How can murdering a loved one be associated with the assumed moral and altruistic love? Not only is love intrinsically ambivalent, but it can also give rise to dangerous consequences. Some of the worst evils have been committed in the name of love (as in the name of God). A unique collaboration between a leading philosopher in the field of emotions and a social scientist, In the Name of Love presents fascinating insights into romantic love and its future in modern society.
A Bond Beyond Seasons
This story sheds light on the difference between love and attraction. ‘love + trust + honesty’ = A Bond Beyond Seasons. A dashing lawyer Srishti. A supportive boyfriend Akash, who was a fellow lawyer and an enthusiastic writer. As the love between Akash and Srishti is deepening their love boat is hit by a storm in the form of glamourous model Pratyusha. The fearless lawyer in Srishti can’t stop herself when she sees injustice being done to Pratyusha and takes up the challenge to get justice for Pratyusha. While struggling to get justice for Pratyusha Srishti never even realizes that there is something wrong happening in her own life. The silent acceptance of one sided love for Akash by Pratyusha. Akash has complete trust in Srishti’s love but does Srishti as well have faith in his love? Would the bond between them be strong enough to survive the storm and emerge a bond beyond seasons? Keeping aside her personal issues is advocate Srishti able to get justice for Pratyusha?