bonnet ripper
English
Alternative forms
- bonnet-ripper
Etymology
Blend of bonnet + bodice ripper. From being a genre of romance having women wearing bonnets, and frequently shown on the covers wearing such; whose characters harken back to the historical settings of bodice rippers.
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Noun
bonnet ripper (plural bonnet rippers)
- A work in a genre of romantic fiction and Christian fiction that presents chaste representations of romantic love, where the most intimate action may be the removal of a bonnet or other similarly chaste actions. The genre is aimed at conservative devout Christian women, and frequently feature protagonists who are Amish, Mennonite, Quaker, Shaker, Puritan, or similar.
- 2018, “How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living”, in The Babylon Bee, Crown Publishing Group:
- […] or you're reading a bonnet ripper about Jebediah the Amish farmer casting his steely gaze at Abigail the spinster, […]
- 2017, Bernice M. Murphy, Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction, Edinburgh University Press:
- The bonnet-ripper usually features a female protagonist who comes from an Amish or Mennonite background.
- 2015, Jack Holmes Jr., New in Anabaptist Studies, Johns Hopkins University Press:
- In her article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Valerie Weaver-Zercher, author of Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels, educates readers on the phenomenon of the bonnet ripper.
- 2009, Michelle Legro, “Semi-sweet Wallace Shawn, Dining with John Irving”, in The New Yorker Magazine:
- The dubious appeal of the bonnet-ripper: "His warm, gentle lips moved over hers, and she returned the favor, until Hannah thought they might both take flight right then and there. Finally desperate for air, they parted."
- 2013, Husna Haq, “'Bonnet rippers'? Amish romances are only gaining in popularity”, in Christian Science Monitor:
- What do you get when you cross bodice rippers with Amish fiction? That’s right, bonnet rippers.
- 2013, Rebecca Armstrong, “Bonnet rippers: a new kind of romantic fiction”, in The Independent:
- Bonnet Rippers. I LOVE it. An update on the bodice ripper, but so much more chaste.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Amish romance
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See also
Amish romance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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