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
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "Orientalism, Freedom, and Feminism in Popular Culture " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 181-203 Topic United States of America Islam history E. M. Hull historical romance sheikh romance sex/sexuality gender feminism work race/ethnicity Barbara Faith Elizabeth Mayne Dana Marton romantic suspense war/armed forces national identity
Francis, Conseula (2016) "Flipping the Script: Romancing Zane's Urban Erotica " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 167-180 Topic Zane sex/sexuality romance and, or as, activism race/ethnicity emotions marriage love
Dandridge, Rita B. (2016) "Love Prevailed Despite What American History Said: Agape and Eros in Beverly Jenkins's Night Song and Through the Storm " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 151-166 Topic Beverly Jenkins love sex/sexuality history gender race/ethnicity United States of America rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse family wealth/prosperity
Peabody, Rebecca (2016) "Kara Walker: American Romance in Black and White " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 131-150 Topic historical romance race/ethnicity sex/sexuality Barbara Ferry Johnson
Moody-Freeman, Julie E. (2016) "Scripting Black Love in the 1990s: Pleasure, Respectability, and Responsibility in an Era of HIV/AIDS " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 111-127 Topic health/medical Brenda Jackson African American romance sex/sexuality gender race/ethnicity United States of America history romance and, or as, activism