At the end of June, 2023, the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) held its first in-person conference in five years. The…
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As its title suggests, most of María-Isabel González-Cruz’s Hispanicisms in Romance Fiction: An Annotated Glossary takes the form of a detailed dictionary-like inventory of Spanish…
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 closedAs a researcher, I often find myself in a situation where I can reflect on two of the fields I work in at once. These…
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 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…
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