As a researcher, I often find myself in a situation where I can reflect on two of the fields I work in at once. These…
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Introduction 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 closedJodi McAlister’s New Adult Fiction traces the history of the new adult publishing category since its inception in 2009. This Cambridge Element book provides one…
Comments closedDr. Ashley Reese’s The Rise of American Girls’ Literature contributes to a resurgence in scholarship about girlhood in contemporary realistic fiction texts, like Kate Harper’s…
Comments closedAt first sight, it is perhaps unclear why popular romance scholars should invest in these two books in the face of other demands on our…
Comments closedDubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent is a monograph by Milena Popova. This is Popova’s second book, after Sexual Consent, which was published as part…
Comments closedThe literary convention that construes and represents the south of Europe as a reverse signifier to British civilization—a constellation of unique characteristics at the opposite…
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