Sacrifices, Sidekicks, and Scapegoats: Black Characters and White Stories in Nora Roberts's Romances
In: Journal of Asia-Pacific pop culture: JAPPC, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 149-168
Abstract
Abstract
In several of the scores of romance novels she published between the 1980s and the early 2000s, bestselling American author Nora Roberts limns whiteness by deploying black characters as sacrifices or sidekicks. In her recent novels (2016-19), villainous white characters who express racist sentiments become scapegoats, obscuring racism's broader structural and cultural dimensions. At a time when discrimination within romance publishing and award-giving has gained attention, it is vital to explore how the genre continues to center white readers and white identities, even while explicitly condemning racism.
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Englisch
Verlag
The Pennsylvania State University Press
ISSN: 2380-7687
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