When Susan Elizabeth Phillips began writing and publishing romance novels in the early 1980s, the American market was dominated by the blockbuster historical romances that…
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[End Page 1] In February 2012, after finishing my Magister thesis on the popular Regency romance and getting my degree,[1] I was offered the opportunity…
Comments closedDo contemporary sheikh romance novels fetishize Arabs and subject them to the unwavering, privileged glare of the Western imagination as Holden asserts? Or is there…
Comments closedChick lit is a genre that usually depicts what life is like for young women in big cities, or occasionally—for the sake of variety—on fashionable…
Comments closed[End Page 1] Introduction In this article, I investigate romantic love in American film as a site for experiencing a divine presence in the immanent…
Comments closedThe Journal of Popular Romance Studies started publishing almost exactly five years ago: August 4, 2010, by the date-stamp on the Editor’s Note for Issue…
Comments closed[End Page 1] Introduction “Who will we be studying in 100 years?” – question from the audience at the opening keynote panel presentation at the…
Comments closed[End Page 1] Introduction and Background The romance genre is one of the bestselling genres in the United States (US). It is also the largest…
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