Griffin gives an account of the noxious effects of telenovelas and romances based on the work of Ann Barr Snitow ("Mass Market Romance: Pornography for Women is Different"), Janice Radway(Reading the Romance), and works of fiction by Sandra Cisneros, in particular
Cisneros' [...] 'Woman Hollering Creek,' the story in which she most clearly illustrates the negative effects of popular romance genres' portrayal of women, and [...] the story in which she begins to illustrate how women can resist the romance narrative. (87)
Griffin gives an account of the noxious effects of telenovelas and romances based on the work of Ann Barr Snitow ("Mass Market Romance: Pornography for Women is Different"), Janice Radway (Reading the Romance), and works of fiction by Sandra Cisneros, in particular