[Laura Vivanco]

Christina Martinez just added this item, by Phyllis M. Betz, to the Romance Wiki bibliography, and I wondered if anyone's seen a copy of it yet. According to the page at McFarland:

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This critical analysis of the popular romance novel genre offers an evaluation of the field through the subgenre of the lesbian romance novel. A history of the lesbian romance novel is followed by analyses of both individual works by authors writing in the genre as well as the ways in which lesbian romance novels reflect and transform the techniques of heterosexual romance novels.

but when I looked for it at Amazon, it says it's not available and won't be available until 31 October 2009.

[Jennifer Crowley]

Laura Vivanco, on 15 July 2009 - 04:29 PM, said:

Christina Martinez just added this item, by Phyllis M. Betz, to the Romance Wiki bibliography, and I wondered if anyone's seen a copy of it yet. According to the page at McFarland:

but when I looked for it at Amazon, it says it's not available and won't be available until 31 October 2009.

Oh wow, that sounds interesting! I haven't come across it, but I'll now keep my eyes open.

[Eric Selinger]

Jennifer Crowley, on 16 July 2009 - 08:11 AM, said:

Oh wow, that sounds interesting! I haven't come across it, but I'll now keep my eyes open.

Sounds like a book that someone should review for JPRS! I know I need to read it; I've taught m/m and m/f/m romance in my courses, and this year I want to add an f/f. Haven't known where to begin--this book should help!

[Jennifer Crowley]

Eric Selinger, on 17 July 2009 - 05:47 PM, said:

Sounds like a book that someone should review for JPRS! I know I need to read it; I've taught m/m and m/f/m romance in my courses, and this year I want to add an f/f. Haven't known where to begin--this book should help!

What does a book review for an academic journal entail? Having not read many, I'd wonder what people were looking for in one.

[Eric Selinger]

Jennifer Crowley, on 18 July 2009 - 03:10 PM, said:

What does a book review for an academic journal entail? Having not read many, I'd wonder what people were looking for in one.

You can find a number of examples here(from a journal of Jewish Studies I've written for) and here, in various issues of the Journal of International Women's Studies. They run 6-9 paragraphs, in these journals, and primarily summarize the contents of the volume, with some evaluative commentary offered as well.

[Laura Vivanco]

Eric Selinger, on 07 September 2009 - 08:11 PM, said:

You can find a number of examples here(from a journal of Jewish Studies I've written for) and here, in various issues of the Journal of International Women's Studies. They run 6-9 paragraphs, in these journals, and primarily summarize the contents of the volume, with some evaluative commentary offered as well.

My copy of the book arrived very recently, but the amount of background knowledge displayed by those reviewers is a bit daunting! I'm not sure I'd know enough about lesbian romance novels to be able to evaluate the book properly, although it would be easier for me to compare it other academic works on romance in general.

One other thing occurs to me. How is JPRS going to make sure that lots of people don't review the same books? Presumably JPRS only needs one review, so what happens if more than one person sends in a review? Should people check with JPRS first before they write a review and send it in?

[Eric Selinger]

Laura Vivanco, on 07 September 2009 - 02:28 PM, said:

How is JPRS going to make sure that lots of people don't review the same books? Presumably JPRS only needs one review, so what happens if more than one person sends in a review? Should people check with JPRS first before they write a review and send it in?

A very good question, Laura! We have a book review editor, Nicki Salcedo; the easiest way to proceed would be for prospective reviewers to contact her about their interest in reviewing a particular book--or contact me, and I'll put everyone in touch. If you were to contact Nicki about a book that has already been assigned, she could let you know that it's "taken." If you were to send her an already-written review, and the book were already assigned to someone else, she'd have to decide whether to return the piece to you unused or, possibly (but less likely), to run a pair of contrasting reviews in order to spark discussion and debate.

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One other thing occurs to me. How is JPRS going to make sure that lots of people don't review the same books? Presumably JPRS only needs one review, so what happens if more than one person sends in a review? Should people check with JPRS first before they write a review and send it in?


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