Jodi McAlistair crafts young adult paranormal romance and urban fantasy, exploring themes of clever girls, small towns, and menacing fairies. Her work is often likened to a blend of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' meeting the style of Holly Black. As an academic researching representations of love in popular culture, she brings a profound understanding of the romance genre to her writing. Her distinctive voice shines through in her ability to weave supernatural elements with relatable characters, immersing readers in captivating worlds.
The romance publishing landscape in the Philippines is vast and complex, characterised by entangled industrial players, diverse kinds of texts, and siloed audiences. This Element maps the large, multilayered, and highly productive sector of the Filipino publishing industry.
This Element uses new adult fiction as a case study to explore how genres develop in the twenty-first-century literary marketplace. It traces new adult's evolution through three key stages in order to demonstrate the fluidity that characterises contemporary genres. It argues for greater consideration of paratextual factors in studies of genre.
Female Virginity Loss and Love in Anglophone Popular Literatures
Focusing on the cultural narratives surrounding female virginity loss, this study analyzes autobiographical accounts and romance fiction to reveal how sexual desire and romantic love are intertwined in contemporary society. It critiques the dominant paradigm that dictates women’s experiences of virginity loss, exploring how these narratives shape expectations and ideals. The book delves into the romanticization of concepts like "the right one" and "the right time," highlighting various ways these themes are negotiated, upheld, or resisted in popular literature.