Javaria Farooqui
@javariafarooqui.bsky.social
Research areas: popular romance, book history, postcolonialism, media/cinema, gender, and fandom. Shameless posting of published research across all socials.
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For those readers, "the fabricated society [...] mirrors their reality" (74) and they "relate to the descriptions of food and customs in the Regency historical romances as they define the criteria against which they critically 'judge' their society and their own selves" (75).
Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan
Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre e...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For those readers, "the fabricated society [...] mirrors their reality" (74) and they "relate to the descriptions of food and customs in the Regency historical romances as they define the criteria against which they critically 'judge' their society and their own selves" (75).
Thank you so much for this delightful post about my work, Laura. I'm really grateful ❤️
August 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Thank you so much for this delightful post about my work, Laura. I'm really grateful ❤️
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"Kamblé goes beyond the predominantly reactive tendencies within the discipline of popular romance studies to offer a neat framework that beautifully shows how romance fiction reflects and shapes cultural attitudes." This really nails the book's significance. Far catchier than the backcover copy!
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Kamblé goes beyond the predominantly reactive tendencies within the discipline of popular romance studies to offer a neat framework that beautifully shows how romance fiction reflects and shapes cultural attitudes." This really nails the book's significance. Far catchier than the backcover copy!
Many thanks Maria🫶
July 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Many thanks Maria🫶
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Javaria Farooqui (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social) reviews Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine’s Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation (2023), by Jayashree Kamblé (@profromance.bsky.social). Find the review here: doi.org/10.70138/TXE... (3/4)
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Javaria Farooqui (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social) reviews Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine’s Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation (2023), by Jayashree Kamblé (@profromance.bsky.social). Find the review here: doi.org/10.70138/TXE... (3/4)
Awesome. Thank you!
June 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Awesome. Thank you!