TY  - CHAP
AB  - Popular images in romantic comedies of the gallant knight and relationships that end with “Happily Ever After” affect women's expectations of what a relationship should be like and what a man should do in the relationship. This standard is mediated by both the women's interaction with the movie and its images, along with patriarchal notions of women wanting, and even needing a relationship. Using in-depth interviews from 18 heterosexual women, this study focuses on displaying how women are impacted by romantic movies and, using a Feminist Interactionist Cultural Studies perspective, how women interact with these movies to construct meaning in their own lives and relationships, while still maintaining the gendered status quo.
VL  - 37
SN  - 978-1-78052-156-5, 978-1-78052-157-2/0163-2396
DO  - 10.1108/S0163-2396(2011)0000037011
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2011)0000037011
AU  - Caperello Nicolette
AU  - Migliaccio Todd
ED  - Norman K. Denzin
ED  - Ted Faust
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Women's Interactions with Romantic Comedies and the Impact on their RelationshipsHappily Ever After:
T2  - Studies in Symbolic Interaction
T3  - Studies in Symbolic Interaction
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 195
EP  - 219
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -