Lee, Amy (2007) "Forming a Local Identity: Romance Novels in Hong Kong " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 174-197 Topic Hong Kong
Kamble, Jayashree (2007) "Female Enfranchisement and the Popular Romance: Employing an Indian Perspective " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 148-173 Topic India readers gender feminism marriage Linda Howard Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Kim Lawrence Lisa Kleypas fashion/clothing sex/sexuality virginity
Seale, Maura (2007) ""I find some Hindu practices like burning widows, utterly bizarre": Representations of Sati and Questions of Choice in Veils of Silk " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 129-147 Topic Mary Jo Putney India historical romance feminism race/ethnicity gender religion/spirituality death family marriage
Foster, Guy Mark (2007) "How Dare a Black Woman Make Love to a White Man! Black Women Romance Novelists and the Taboo of Interracial Desire " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 103-128 Topic race/ethnicity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse United States of America Lizzette Carter Dyanne Davis Monica White history psychology African American romance gender sex/sexuality readers
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2007) "Hope, Faith and Toughness: An Analysis of the Christian Hero " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 93-102 Topic Christian romance gender family religion/spirituality United States of America readers
Lutz, Deborah (2007) "The Haunted Space of the Mind: The Revival of the Gothic Romance in the Twenty-First Century " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 81-92 Topic gothic romance settings Evelyn Rogers
Haddad, Emily A. (2007) "Bound to Love: Captivity in Harlequin Sheikh Novels " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 42-64 Topic sheikh romance Harlequin Mills & Boon Susan Mallery Alexandra Sellers marriage race/ethnicity war/armed forces Jane Porter Susan Stephens Kristi Gold Laura Wright