Barot, Len (2016) "Queer Romance in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century America: Snapshots of a Revolution " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 389-404 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors lesbian romance history Publishing Sarah Aldridge Katherine V. Forrest Isabel Miller m/m romance Wallace Hamilton Marion Zimmer Bradley Gordon Merrick Radclyffe/Len Barot erotic romance
Roach, Catherine M. (2016) "Love as the Practice of Bondage: Popular Romance Narratives and the Conundrum of Erotic Love " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 369-387 Topic love BDSM Beverly Jenkins James Buchanan J. R. Ward gender LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors m/m romance
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2016) "Christian Romance Novels: Inspiring Convention and Challenge " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 347-368 Topic Christian romance readers gender religion/spirituality marriage work
Gordis, Lisa M. (2016) ""Jesus loves your girl more than you do": Marriage as Triangle in Evangelical Romance and Puritan Narratives " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 323-346 Topic Christian romance religion/spirituality marriage Francine Rivers gender
Selinger, Eric Murphy (2016) "When I Paint My Masterpiece: Bob Dylan, Ekphrasis, and the Art of Susan Elizabeth Phillips " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 297-319 Topic Susan Elizabeth Phillips metafiction close reading trash/literary and or intellectual quality gender music
Taylor, Jessica (2016) "Love the Market: Discourses of Passion and Professionalism in Romance Writing Communities " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 273-295 Topic authors work emotions Publishing
Kamblé, Jayashree (2016) "Branding a Genre: A Brief Transatlantic History of Romance Novel Cover Art " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 241-272 Topic paratext Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Young, Erin S. (2016) "Saving China: The Transformative Power of Whiteness in Elizabeth Lowell's Jade Island and Katherine Stone's Pearl Moon " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 205-221 Topic race/ethnicity China Elizabeth Lowell Katherine Stone capitalism/business national identity work family love United States of America wealth/prosperity settings romantic suspense