{"product_id":"avidly-reads-guilty-pleasures","title":"Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe book \"Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures\" explores the pleasurable forms of feminine guilt and desire stimulated by supposedly \"lowbrow\" aesthetic tendencies, such as ribald romance novels, luxurious interior design, and frothy wedding dresses. It reclaims womens experiences for themselves by reexamining documents of femme culture long dismissed as \"trash.\" \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 May 2021\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it about ribald romance novels, luxurious interior design, and frothy wedding dresses that often make women feel their desires come with a shadow of shame? In \u003cem\u003eAvidly Reads Guilty Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArielle Zibrak\u003c\/em\u003e considers the specifically pleasurable forms of feminine guilt and desire stimulated by supposedly “lowbrow” aesthetic tendencies. She takes up the overwhelming preoccupation with the experience of being humiliated, dominated, or even abused that has pervaded the stories that make up women’s culture—from eighteenth-century epistolary novels to popular twentieth-century teen magazine features to present-day romantic comedies. In three chapters—“Rough Sex,” “Expensive Sheets,” and “Saying Yes to the Dress”—that mirror the plot structures of feminine fictions themselves, this book tells the story of the desires that only the guiltiest of pleasures evoke. \u003cem\u003eZibrak\u003c\/em\u003e reexamines documents of femme culture long dismissed as “trash” to reveal the surprisingly cathartic experiences produced by tales of domination, privilege, and the material trappings of the heteropatriarchy. Part of the \u003cem\u003eAvidly Reads\u003c\/em\u003e series, this slim book gives us a new way of looking at American culture. With the singular blend of personal reflection and cultural criticism featured in the series, \u003cem\u003eAvidly Reads Guilty Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e reclaims women’s experiences for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 148g\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 110 x 178 x 13 (mm)\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781479807093\\n                            \\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arielle Zibrak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44095579226362,"sku":"9781479807093","price":10.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/10262485d730c7e255256317039831a9.jpg?v=1623393221","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/avidly-reads-guilty-pleasures","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}