tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post68379864572907278..comments2024-03-26T01:10:13.720+00:00Comments on Teach Me Tonight: PCA 2008: Romance VE. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-54637056038048340082008-04-01T10:23:00.000+01:002008-04-01T10:23:00.000+01:00The North American equivalent to Sheikh romances i...The North American equivalent to Sheikh romances is the "indian romance." Like the (stereo)typical sheihk, the "indian" hero is exotic, but not *too* exotic. He's either a "half-breed" and educated in the "white ways" or he's a white man "gone native." There's the abduction of the white heroine, but instead of the opulent wealth, the "indian romances" offer the (historical) white heroine "freedom" (sexual and otherwise) unlike she would experience in the (historical) western society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-17485232902485937952008-03-31T22:15:00.000+01:002008-03-31T22:15:00.000+01:00I think there was a Laura Kinsale novel (The Shado...I think there was a Laura Kinsale novel (The Shadow and the Star, maybe?) that had a hero who was the victim of rape. But it's been a long time since I read it, so maybe it was another type of abuse. Can't remember exactly, and my copy is packed in a box somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I find the "shiekh book" article summary interesting. My first published novel was a sheikh book. I had read the prototype of the sub-sub-genre--THE SHEIKH--years before, and when I went to write my book (on spec, of course), I pulled out what I could remember of that classic/prototype and made a list of the elements. The exotic male--but not too exotic (mine was US educated), the abduction, the opulent wealth and so on. Then I turned the other elements (the helpless virgin heroine, for one) on their heads and I put as many as I could into the story.<BR/><BR/>The trope works. HIDE-AND-SHEIKH was a RITA finalist for Best First Book...Gail Daytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799083467910831241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-91016881762151642362008-03-29T16:17:00.000+00:002008-03-29T16:17:00.000+00:00Something that interests me is the modern phenomen...Something that interests me is the modern phenomenon of the hero as the victim of rape or abuse: Galbaldon's Outlander and Liz Carlyle's Never Deceive a Duke and Better the Devil You Know spring to mind.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.com