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Wu, Huei-Hsia (2006) Gender, Romance Novels and Plastic Sexuality in the United States: A Focus on Female College Students Journal of International Women’s Studies 8.1:125-134 Topic sex/sexuality readers gender psychology
Wu, Huei-Hsia (2007) Reading Romance Novels and Female Sexuality among American Heterosexual and Lesbian College Students The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 6.6:31-38 DOI: 10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v06i06/39300 Topic readers LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors sex/sexuality gender psychology
Wyatt, Neal Olsen, Georgine Ramsdell, Kristin Saricks, Joyce Welch, Lynne (2007) Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101 Reference & User Services Quarterly 47.2:120-126 Topic libraries/librarians historical romance romantic suspense paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance genre definitions
Yáñez-Bouza, Nuria Rodríguez-Gil, María E. Pérez-Guerra, Javier (2024) New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research Bristol: Multilingual Matters Topic linguistics
Ya’u, Mohammed Sani Rashid, Sabariah Md Ali, Afida Mohamad Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar (2023) Semantic Extensions of Hausa Visual and Auditory Perception Verbs gani and ji in Romance Fiction Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities 31.4:1441-1464 DOI: 10.47836/pjssh.31.4.06 Topic linguistics
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Young, Whitney A. (2013) Monsters in My Bed: Accounting for the Popularity of Young Adult Paranormal Romances MA thesis, Georgia State University Topic YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance gender Twilight
Young, Helen (2015) The Middle Ages in Popular Culture: Medievalism and Genre Amhurst, NY: Cambria Press
Young, Erin S. (2010) Corporate Heroines and Utopian Individualism: A Study of the Romance Novel in Global Capitalism PhD, University of Oregon Topic work paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance capitalism/business Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Elizabeth Lowell Katherine Stone Laurell K. Hamilton Charlaine Harris Kelley Armstrong Carrie Vaughn race/ethnicity national identity
Young, Erin S. (2010) Escaping the “Time Bind”: Negotiations of Love and Work in Jayne Ann Krentz's “Corporate Romances” The Journal of American Culture 33.2:92–106 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.2010.00736.x Topic Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle work capitalism/business family gender marriage race/ethnicity food, drink romantic suspense
Young, Erin S. (2011) Flexible Heroines, Flexible Narratives: The Werewolf Romances of Kelley Armstrong and Carrie Vaughn Extrapolation: A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy 52.2:204-226 DOI: 10.3828/extr.2011.52.2.5 Topic Kelley Armstrong Carrie Vaughn paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance capitalism/business wealth/prosperity sex/sexuality family health/medical gender food, drink rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
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Young, Erin S. (2021) "Race, ethnicity, and whiteness " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 511-528 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-23 Topic race/ethnicity Mary Balogh
Young, Beth Rapp (1995) But are they any good? Women readers, formula fiction, and the sacralization of the literary canon PhD, University of Southern California Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Young, Beth Rapp (1997) Accidental Authors, Random Readers, and the Art of Popular Romance Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:29-45 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality romance scholarship authors readers
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Zaini, Ahmad Zuhdi (2024) Personality structure of the main character Reid Buchanan in Susan Mallery's Sizzling Undergraduate, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Topic psychology Susan Mallery
Zakreski, Patricia (2012) Tell Me Lies: Lying, Storytelling, and the Romance Novel as Feminist Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic Jennifer Crusie feminism gender metafiction
Zaragoza Ninet, Gora Martínez Sierra, Juan José Cerezo Merchán, Beatriz Richart Marset, Mabel (2018) Traducción, género y censura en la literatura y en los medios de comunicación Granada: Editorial Comares
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Zhaboriuk, I. A. Rukshtel, Yu. A. (2021) The Artistic Detail in the Novel "The Reluctant Widow" by G. Heyer Education and science of today: intersectoral issues and development of sciences 1:121-122 DOI: 10.36074/logos-29.10.2021.v1.37 Topic Georgette Heyer linguistics
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Zhou, Yanyan Paul, Bryant Sherman, Ryland (2018) Still a Hetero-Gendered World: A Content Analysis of Gender Stereotypes and Romantic Ideals in Chinese Boy Love Stories Sex Roles 78.1-2:107–118 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0762-y Topic m/m romance gender China LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
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Zidle, Abby (1999) "From Bodice-Ripper to Baby-Sitter: The New Hero in Mass-Market Romance " Romantic Conventions 23-34 Topic gender emotions psychology readers sex/sexuality wealth/prosperity
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