Jarvis, Christine (1995) Romancing the Curriculum: Empowerment through Popular Culture Convergence 28.3:71-77 Topic teaching romance readers
Jarmakani, Amira (2011) Desiring the Big Bad Blade: Racing the Sheikh in Desert Romances American Quarterly 63.4:895-928 DOI: 10.1353/aq.2011.0061 Topic sheikh romance race/ethnicity sex/sexuality paratext fashion/clothing United States of America readers Islam Spain religion/spirituality
Jarmakani, Amira (2010) “The Sheik Who Loved Me”: Romancing the War on Terror Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 35.4:993-1017 DOI: 10.1086/651044 Topic sheikh romance United States of America war/armed forces feminism capitalism/business race/ethnicity Islam gender metaphor/symbolism
Jackson, Elaine (2008) "Sievier’s Monthly (1909): Pseudonyms and Readership in Early Twentieth Century Popular Fiction " Book Trade Connections from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries 245-262 Topic Marguerite Jervis/Oliver Sandys Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Hinks, John Armstrong, Catherine (2008) Book Trade Connections from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and British Library
Taylor, Helen (1989) "Romantic Readers " From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World 58-77 Topic readers gender race/ethnicity Barbara Taylor Bradford LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors lesbian romance Margaret Mitchell social/economic class
Carr, Helen (1989) From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World London: Pandora