In the Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance (2021) Jonathan A. Allan stated that “[o]ne unresolvable conundrum, or at least one that has ongoing permanence,…
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In the dramatic climax to the movie Bros (2022), Bobby (Billy Eichner) rushes off the stage at a gala he is hosting for the opening…
Comments closedThis article will explore the works of Penny Jordan (1946-2011) with a specific focus on her use of rape as a trope within her romantic…
Comments closedIntroduction The Bachelor/ette franchise has been the locus of scandal for many years. Notably, recently, the US franchise erupted in a scandal over racism, provoked…
Comments closedRomance novels, which have historically been read primarily by girls and women, have long been seen as containing problematic messages, particularly when aimed at young…
Comments closed1. Introduction The story of the contemporary romance genre has been the story of advocates and detractors fighting over its worth. Escalated by the rise…
Comments closedIntroduction A challenge in exploring the relationships between librarians, library practices, and romance fiction is that there is no strong conceptual frame on which to…
Comments closed1. Introduction: Black British Chick Lit? Candice Carty-Williams’s best-selling debut novel Queenie (2019) has been marketed and reviewed as the story of a Black Bridget…
Comments closed1. INTRODUCTION As people are increasingly reaching for electronic devices instead of books to spend their leisure time, this has resulted in a number of…
Comments closedWhen Janice Radway conducted her now-famous study of romance readers in the early 1980s, she found that all her respondents “cited the educational value of…
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