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Journal of Popular Romance Studies
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ISSN 2159-4473 · International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) · 350 artikel di indeks
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Love Stories and Stories About Love: Popular and Literary Romance in Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms
Anglophone Nigerian writer Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms opens up northern Nigerian Hausa society to an international novel-reading audience. His concern with female experience and intimate relationships resonates with the vision of Cassava Republic, the Abuja- and London-based…
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Marriage and Procreation: Continuities and Transformations in the Ankara Novellas A Tailor-Made Romance and Love Me Unconditionally Against the Backdrop of Flora Nwapa’s Efuru
This article acknowledges that romantic love is slowly getting more recognition than before in the study of African literature and culture. The Nigerian publisher, Cassava Republic, has been part of this recognition. Their popular romance imprint, the Ankara romance series, presents stylish…
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Addressing Bias Against SOPO VEE OPP Polyamory
Polyamory is a consensual relationship style involving multiple romantic and/or sexual partners, with SOPO (solo polyamory), VEE, and OPP (one penis policy) being specific polyamorous dynamics that often face heightened bias. The reality show "Sister Wives" offers a compelling case study of both…
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Bodies that Become Content: Reading Fujoshi’s Voices and Discursive Construction of Cuteness in Thai BL Novels
This article discusses BL, a literary genre depicting male-male homoerotic relationships, together with the representation of the fujoshi, a term which refers to female fans of BL media. The article explores an issue in the Thai BL industry from a literary angle, focusing on the use of fujoshi…
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Narrating Histories of Love and Violence: The Civil War and Alyssa Cole’s A Hope Divided
What is the role of history in historical romance? Historical romance has long been one of the most popular forms of romance fiction. Its popularity has attracted scholarly attention in early critiques of the romance genre, studies of historical fiction, and stand-alone monographs. However, as…
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(Dis)Honourable Escapes: Reassessing Sexuality in Georgette Heyer’s Historical Romances
Fans and detractors alike often desexualize Georgette Heyer’s historical romances, setting them apart from other novels for their lack of “prurience.” Yet the text of these novels themselves presents multiple avenues through which this view can and has been challenged. To understand the persistence…
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Happily Ever After?/Happily Ever After! Negotiating the Gothic in Contemporary Dark Romance
This article examines two recent works of dark romance, a subgenre of contemporary popular romance in which romantic fulfilment coexists with fear, violence, transgression, power inequalities, and the threat or reality of sexual assault, reading them as contemporary Gothic romances in which horror…
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Marian Keyes’ This Charming Man: An Alcoholic Love Story
Marian Keyes’ This Charming Man (2008), marketed as a “chick lit” novel, is a multi-person narrative told from the perspectives of four women: Lola, Alicia, and twins Grace and Marnie. Despite its colourful packaging and nod to chick lit tropes, its primary themes concern addiction, domestic…
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Romancing the Darkness: Understanding Trauma in the Romance Genre
In response to the increasing global awareness of trauma, this article argues for a trauma-informed approach to the study of the romance genre. It introduces and defines three trauma-themed romance subgenres—trauma romance (TR), transitional post-trauma romance (TPTR), and post-trauma romance…
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A Decolonised Alpha Hero? Negotiating Masculinities in Nigerian Romance Novels
A “strong assertive hero who is in charge and oozes power” (Caldwell): the romance alpha hero is as familiar as he is monolithic. This model of hegemonic, alpha masculinity is generally applied to romance across the world, yet how ubiquitous is such a model of masculinity? Would it be visible in…
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Breaking Boundaries through the Body: Love, Monogamy, and Heteropessimism in Fredrik Backman’s Fiction
The fictions of Swedish author Fredrik Backman offer critical depictions of the family, heterosexual monogamy, and male power. His portrayals of the psychological processes of love, betrayal, desire, and repulsion are explored through the body and its socio-cultural categorisations, which attempt…