Proposal Title
From Pulp Tragedy to the Romance HEA: The evolution of gay pulp fiction and queer romance at Avon.
Start Date
22-4-2020 3:00 PM
End Date
22-4-2020 4:00 PM
Proposal Type
Individual Presentation
Abstract
Through the lens of Avon Publications we will look at the evolution of queer literature from pulp fiction tragedies to modern queer romance and examine the changes over time. Using the context of Avon’s history as a publisher of gay pulp fiction and its modern catalog presence of queer romance we will examine the shift from pulp fiction to modern romance and its affects on how queer characters and romance was represented in the genre and how the early romances differ from their current catalog? What gender identities and sexual orientations currently represented by the catalog show shifts in mainstream publishing of queer romance? Keywords
Gay Pulp Fiction
Queer Romance
Avon Romance
Avon Publications
Romance History
From Pulp Tragedy to the Romance HEA: The evolution of gay pulp fiction and queer romance at Avon.
Through the lens of Avon Publications we will look at the evolution of queer literature from pulp fiction tragedies to modern queer romance and examine the changes over time. Using the context of Avon’s history as a publisher of gay pulp fiction and its modern catalog presence of queer romance we will examine the shift from pulp fiction to modern romance and its affects on how queer characters and romance was represented in the genre and how the early romances differ from their current catalog? What gender identities and sexual orientations currently represented by the catalog show shifts in mainstream publishing of queer romance? Keywords
Gay Pulp Fiction
Queer Romance
Avon Romance
Avon Publications
Romance History