Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire

279 Pages·2017·6.488 MB·English

by  Dyhouse, Carol

HEARTTHROBS

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CONTENTS
ListofIllustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Epigraphs xv
Introduction 
. Her Heart’s Desire: What Did Women Want? 
. Unbridled Passions 
. Packaging the Male 
. Once upon a Dream: Prince Charming, Cavaliers,
Regency Beaux 
. Dark Princes, Foreign Powers: Desert Lovers,
Outsiders, and Vampires 
. Soulmates: Intimacy, Integrity, Trust 
. Power: Protection, Transformative Magic,
and Patriarchy 
. Sighing for the Moon? 
Notes 
SelectBibliographyandSources 
PictureAcknowledgements 
Index 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
. Peg’sPaper,coverimage:Littleservantgirl,Nov.. 
. Toffeetin,Keiller’sKinemaKrunchies. 
. RudolphValentinoasTheSheik. 
. Beatlesfans,EmpirePool,Wembley,. 
. LordByron. 
. Elvisinconcert,. 
. Teenagegirlinbedroom,s,withhugeposter
ofDavidEssex. 
. FabioLanzoni,smodel. 
. LordNelson. 
. TheDukeofWellington. 
. RudolphValentinoasMonsieurBeaucaire. 
. CinderellaLove,Aug.. 
. Liberace. 
. BarbaraCartlandbookcover:AVeryNaughtyAngel. 
. Lady(laterPrincess)DianareadingBarbaraCartland. 
. Peg’sPaper,coverimage:CalloftheEast,Apr.. 
. ElvischannellingValentinoinHarumScarum. 
. DouglasFairbanksinTheBlackPirate,. 
. WilliamPowellFrithpaintingofClaudeduVall. 
. AdamAntposingasdandyhighwayman,s. 
. IvorNovello,advertforJoy,DailyMirror,
Feb.. 
. TyronePowerasIndianPrince,stillfrom
TheRainsCame,. 
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