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dc.contributor.authorHackett, Lisa Jen
dc.contributor.authorCoghlan, Joen
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-02T03:54:23Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-02T03:54:23Z-
dc.date.issued2021-03-13-
dc.identifier.citationM/C Journal, 24(1), p. 1-10en
dc.identifier.issn1441-2616en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31208-
dc.description.abstractMany people's knowledge of history is gleaned through popular culture. As a result there is likely a blurring of history with myth. This is one of the criticisms of historical romance novels, which blur historical details with fictional representations. As a result of this the genre is often dismissed from serious academic scholarship. The other reason for its disregard may be that it is largely seen as women's fiction. As 'women's fiction' it is largely relegated to that of 'low culture' and considered to have little literary value. Yet the romance genre remains popular and lucrative. Research by the Romance Writers of America in 2016 found that the genre represents 23% of the US fiction market and generates in excess of US$1 billion per year (Romance Writers of America). Since the onset of COVID-19, sales of romance novels in the US have soared, increasing by 17% between January and May 2020. The most popular genre was the historical romance genre. In total during that period, 16.2 million romance e-books were purchased by consumers (NPD). Yet despite its popularity, romance fiction remains stuck in the pulp fiction bubble. This article draws upon an international survey conducted in June 2020 by the authors. The study aimed to understand how readers of historical romance novels (n=813) engage with historical representations in popular culture, and how they navigate issues of authenticity.en
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dc.publisherQueensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Facultyen
dc.relation.ispartofM/C Journalen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleThe History Bubble: Negotiating Authenticity in Historical Romance Novelsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.5204/mcj.2752en
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local.contributor.firstnameLisa Jen
local.contributor.firstnameJoen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emaillhacket4@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailjcoghla3@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage10en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume24en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitleNegotiating Authenticity in Historical Romance Novelsen
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameHacketten
local.contributor.lastnameCoghlanen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:lhacket4en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:jcoghla3en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/31208en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitleThe History Bubbleen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorHackett, Lisa Jen
local.search.authorCoghlan, Joen
local.uneassociationYesen
local.atsiresearchNoen
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local.year.published2021en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/1d305c6a-e490-4bfe-b526-c929c56423aden
local.subject.for2020441008 Sociology of cultureen
local.subject.seo2020280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and cultureen
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