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Puri, Jyoti (1997) Reading Romance Novels in Postcolonial India Gender & Society 11.4:434-452 DOI: 10.1177/089124397011004004 Topic India readers marriage sex/sexuality gender social/economic class family
Puren, Nina (1995) Hymeneal Acts: Interrogating the Hegemony of Rape and Romance Australian Feminist Law Journal 5:15-26 DOI: 10.1080/13200968.1995.11077171 Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Charlotte Lamb race/ethnicity virginity
Press, Andrea L. (1986) New Views on the Mass Production of Women's Culture Communication Research 13.1:139-149 DOI: 10.1177/009365028601300108 Topic romance scholarship