Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve Clare, Lindsay Youmans, Madeleine (1996) Watery Passion: The Struggle between Hegemony and Sexual Liberation in Erotic Fiction for Women Discourse and Society 7.1:77-106 DOI: 10.1177/0957926596007001004 Topic metaphor/symbolism erotic romance gender sex/sexuality linguistics Shirlee Busbee Julie Garwood Roberta Gellis Johanna Lindsey Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Bertrice Small Rachel Lee/Sue Civil-Brown Elizabeth Lowell Emma Merritt Fayrene Preston Kasey Stuart Linda Turner virginity food, drink war/armed forces rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse work