{"title":"Javaria Farooqui","description":"\u003cp\u003eJavaria Farooqui's works delve into the cultural dynamics of contemporary Pakistan, offering insightful perspectives on modern identities and societal trends. Her writing often explores themes of romance and fandom within a rapidly changing social landscape, blending academic analysis with engaging narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful and richly detailed studies that illuminate the intersections of education, media, and popular culture. Farooqui's approach provides a nuanced understanding of how 21st-century Pakistani society negotiates tradition and change.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"romance-fandom-in-21st-century-pakistan-by-javaria-farooqui-9798765110393","title":"Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e 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 experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJavaria Farooqui inspects the popular Anglophone romance reading community in Pakistan and develops a model for analysing genre romance novels through the lens of the readers’ perspective and preferences. Using focus-group interviews and close textual analysis, \u003cem\u003eRomance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e explores where and how readers access books of their choice, and explains why the detailed descriptions of dresses, food and spaces in historical romance novels of the Regency era exemplify good taste for this distinctive readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSitting at the intersection of literary studies, genre studies, and fan studies, this book considers the reception of Anglophone romance fiction by reading communities of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598060437740,"sku":"9798765110393","price":76.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798765110393-romance-fandom-in-21st-century-pakistan.jpg?v=1777960898"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/javaria-farooqui.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}