Patriarchy, the Christian Romance Novel, and the 'Ecosystem of Sex'

Publication year
2005
Journal
Popular Culture Review
Volume
16.1
Pages
147-155
Comment

The issue can be read online by clicking the forward and back arrows to the side of the issue, or you can download the entire issue if you prefer to read it as a pdf. Here's an excerpt:

we set out to examine Christian or inspirational romance fiction (IRF), especially in relation to secular romance fiction. The ever-growing market for IRF over the last ten years of the twentieth century is astonishing, and while there is considerable historic criticism of the secular romance fiction market, few have ventured into the magnetism of the IRF market. First-hand interviews with women who read IRF offers curious insights which have direct connections to Western culture’s current ecosystem of sex. (147)