Date: 2011-09-14 09:43 pm (UTC)
analect: (themagicalfruit)
From: [personal profile] analect
I think your point about naming conventions is a very valid signifier. Personally, I don't feel I've quite understood the fashion for 'what-if' tellings of things, unless there's a clear hook to hang them from, and all too often it does just smack of shoddy historicism, especially if - like you say - there's no differentiation made between historical fiction and fantasy.

The whitewashing, though - writing out or writing around misogyny, racism, homophobia - is, I confess, what pees me off in the extreme. I know there are some imprints of certain publishers that allow it, or present it as a kind of escapist fiction (yeah, yeah, my esoteric little corner of the romance market again, I know...), but, to me, it saps a lot of valuable contrast and ready-made conflict out of the diegetic world. Which is pants. I agree, though - there needs to be a clearer line in what's 'real' or 'not-so-real'; not sure if it's because readers (or people's perceptions of readerships?) don't care about that much accuracy, or just a level of knowledge that isn't assumed? :\
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

writerslounge: (Default)
The Writers' Lounge

About

The Writers' Lounge is a friendly, informal chat, crit, discussion and resources group.

Have questions or want to discuss something? Fire away! Want some feedback on a piece of writing you're working on? Post it! Stuck with research, or found a fabulously useful resource others might benefit from? Step up and share!

We expect a level of maturity in our members, but we're open to all genres and levels of experience. Read full details on the comm profile or, if you need help, contact your friendly mods, [personal profile] intothewood and [personal profile] analect.

_____________________________
layout by [community profile] visualwit

February 2013

S M T W T F S
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728  

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags