Romance Scholarship DB

Borgia, Danielle N.

(2014) Twilight: The Glamorization of Abuse, Codependency, and White Privilege The Journal of Popular Culture 47.1:153-173 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00872.x

Topic

paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

religion/spirituality

Borgia, Danielle N.

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(2021) "Race, ethnicity, and whiteness " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 511-528 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-23

Topic

Selinger, Eric Murphy

(2021) "Romance and/as religion " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 485-510 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-22

Topic

religion/spirituality

Christian romance

Jennifer Crusie

(2016) "The Romance Novel " Gender: Love 255-270

Topic

genre definitions

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Harlequin Mills & Boon

Barbara Cartland

Georgette Heyer

historical romance

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

wealth/prosperity

capitalism/business

Nash, Jennifer C.

(2016) Gender: Love : Macmillan

Nash, Jennifer C.

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Bywaters, Barbara

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Bywaters, Barbara

(2001) "Decentering the Romance: Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and Popular Romance Fiction " Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective 493-508

Topic

Georgette Heyer

Wheeler, Duncan

(2020) Following Franco: Spanish culture and politics in transition, 1962–92 Manchester: Manchester University Press

Topic

fascism/right-wing authoritarianism