Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion
between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially …

The romance novel is the most popular and bestselling genre of fiction produced and
consumed in the world today. In North America alone, the romance industry generates more …

Although popular culture has become an important area of study in international relations,
few scholars so far have turned their attention to popular romance fiction, despite its …

The alpha hero embodies the hegemonic masculinity that has long dominated romance
fiction. The portrayal of this male type is, however, problematized when he is an exotic …

This chapter considers gender and sexuality in the popular romance novel. Beginning with
an analysis of theory and criticism that attends to gender and sexuality in the popular …

This study aims to present a feminist reading of the ways in which the character of the
romance hero unfolds differently across and as a result of readers' participation in various …

The series You, which has become part of the cultural zeitgeist since the first season
became available on Netflix in December 2018, has introduced a protagonist at the same …

This article considers the figure of the male virgin in Sherilee Gray's Breaking Him, an erotic
contemporary romance novel. In particular, this article considers the ways in which the novel …

As an almost exclusively female-dominated medium, the popular romance novel has,
throughout its history, allowed women writers to “amplify their political voice”(Teo, 2016, p …

The article focuses on the book" Lost in Sensation," by Maureen Child. The author explores
the themes of joy and mourning within the book, examines the idea of heroes and …