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Romance Resources for Academics - lists romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics.
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Avila, Debbie Maria, 2005.: "The Romance Novel of the 1930s and 1940s in Spain and Portugal: The Cases of Carmen de Icaza and Alice Ogando.' U of California Irvine (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 66.7:2572)

Burley, Stephanie Carol., 2003.: "Hearts of Darkness: The Racial Politics of Popular Romance." U of Maryland, College Park (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 64.6: 2082)

Chappel, Deborah Kaye, 1992.: "American Romances: Narratives of Culture and Identity" Duke University, (Dissertation Abstracts International52 (8): 2923A-24A.

Downey, Kristin, 2005.: "Irony, Ideology, and Resistance: The Amazing Double Life of Harlequin Presents", McMaster University, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 66.10:3640.

Elliott, Margaret A., 1996.: 'The Librarian's Stereotyped Image in Romance Novels, 1980-1995: Has the Image Changed?', Master's Research Paper, Kent State University. ERIC Document ED401924. Abstract and PDF

Goade, Sally Ann, 1999.: "'And With the Land, Our Spirits So Blended': Interrelated Frontier Quests of Self in Contemporary Historical Romance. A Study of Rosanne Bittner's 'Savage Destiny' series", Idaho State U, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 60.4:1132)

Griffin, Linda Coleman, 1999.: "An Analysis of Meaning Creation through the Integration of Sociology and Literature: A Critical Ethnography of a Romance Reading Group." U of Houston, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 60.4: 1117.)

Hubbard, Rita Cooper, 1982.: "Relationship Styles In Popular Romance Fiction: A Fantasy Theme Analysis Of Harlequin Romances, 1950-1979." (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 42.12:4973)

Hughes, Helen Muriel,1988.: "Changes In Historical Romance, 1890s To The 1980s: The Development Of The Genre From Stanley Weyman To Georgette Heyer And Her Successors." U Of Bradford (United Kingdom), (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 50.11: 3603)

Hurley, Frances Kay., 1999.: "In the Words of Girls: The Reading of Adolescent Romance Fiction." Harvard U, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 60.6: 1946)

Jocks, Yvonne Annette, 1988.: “Adventure and Virtue: Alternating Emphasis in the Popular Romance Tradition.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas at Arlington. [Details not checked, but it seems likely this was written by the author also known as Evelyn Vaughn ]

Kinard, Amanda Marette, 1999.: "Forbidden Pleasures: The Romance and Its Readers." Vanderbilt U.,(Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 59.12: 4424)

Lin, Fang-Mei, 1992.: "Social Change and Romantic Ideology: The Impact of the Publishing Industry, Family Organization, and Gender Roles on the Reception and Interpretation of Romance Fiction in Taiwan, 1960-1990." U of Pennysylvania (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 53.5:1675)

Moffitt, Mary Anne Smeltzer, 1990.: "Understanding Middle-Class Adolescent Leisure: A Cultural Studies Approach to Romance Novel Reading" U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (Dissertation Abstracts International 51.4: 1035A)

Naber, Christine Marie, 1995.: "Rape myths are the theory--romance novels are the practice: The impact of exposure to images of women in popular culture, " U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences,57.4:2950)

Owen, Mairead, 1992.: "Women's Reading of Popular Romantic Fiction: A Case Study in the Mass Media: A Key to the Ideology of Women." U. of Liverpool, (Dissertation Abstracts International 52.8: 2745A)

Parameswaran, Radhika E., 1998.: "Public Images, Private Pleasures: Romance Reading at the Intersection of Gender, Class, and National Identities in Urban India." U of Iowa, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 58.12:4485)

Rampure, Archana, 2005.: "Doctors in the Darkness: Reading Race, Gender, and History in the Popular Medical Romance ", U of Toronto, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 66.10:3642)

Tennenhouse, Tracy Shana, 1996.: "Female Fantasies in Women's Popular Fiction", U California Santa Barbara, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 57.9:3943)

Therrien, Kathleen Mary, 1998.: "Trembling at Her Own Response: Resistance and Reconciliation in Mass-Market Romance Novels." (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 58.7: 2659)

Uddin-Khan, Evelyn Angelina, 1995.: "Gender, Ethnicity and the Romance Novel," Columbia U, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 56.11:4341)

Wirtén, Eva Hemmungs, 1998.: Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts: The case of Harlequin Enterprises and Sweden, Section for Sociology of Literature at the Department of Literature, Uppsala University. PDF

Young, Beth Rapp, 1995.: "But are they any good? Women readers, formula fiction, and the sacralization of the literary canon", U of Southern California, (Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences 57.2:893)

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 ;Hurley, Frances Kay., 1999. : "In the Words of Girls: The Reading of Adolescent Romance Fiction." Harvard U, (''Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences'' 60.6: 1946)
-;Jocks, Yvonne Annette, 1988. : “Adventure and Virtue: Alternating Emphasis in the Popular Romance Tradition.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas at Arlington. [Details not checked, but it seems likely this was written by the author also known as [[Vaughn, Evelyn|Evelyn Vaughn]] ]
+;Jocks, Yvonne Annette, 1988. : “Adventure and Virtue: Alternating Emphasis in the Popular Romance Tradition.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas at Arlington. [Details not checked, but it seems likely this was written by the author also known as [[Evelyn Vaughn|Evelyn Vaughn]] ]
 ;Kinard, Amanda Marette, 1999. : "Forbidden Pleasures: The Romance and Its Readers."  Vanderbilt U.,(''Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences'' 59.12: 4424)