This episode features a conversation with Madeline Durbin, a final year undergraduate student on the BA (Hons) Artist Designer Maker course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which uses kitsch theory to examine ‘clinch’ book cover designs. 

In conversation with Madeline are Dr Martyn Woodward and Dr Carol Breen 

You can find out more about Madeline’s work via their website: https://maddydurbinart.co.uk/ or on Instagram @maddydurbinart

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

• Kamblé, J., 2021. Romance in the Media. In: J. Kamblé, E. M. Selinger & H. Teo, eds. The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 269-293.
• Teo, H.-M., 2012. The Orientalist Historical Romance Novel. 1st Edition ed. Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Baudrillard, J., 1998. The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures. Revised Edition ed. London: Sage Publications.

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