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‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Is Really A Self-Help Book (#AcademicsOverthinkingPopCulture)

WORDS Posted: May 28, 2014 1:25 pm

Sociologist Eva Illouz argues “that EL James’s novels are ‘a gothic romance adapted to modern times in which sexuality is both a source of division between men and women and a site to orchestrate their reconciliation’, and that their graphic descriptions of bondage, discipline and sadomasochism are ‘as much a cultural fantasy as a sexual one, serving as a guide to a happier romantic life’.”

WORDS Published: 05.27.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 05.27.14

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