The ''Journal of Popular Romance Studies'' is a

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published by the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. It was established in 2010 and until 2016, two issues were published each year. From 2017 onwards, a single issue is published yearly. The journal covers the study of popular romance media, including

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culture, and

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s. The journal also publishes

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of recently published academic books, notes and queries, and long and short pieces on university teaching of popular romance media and culture. In addition, the journal regularly publishes special issues, focusing on particular authors (''e.g.''

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), genres or themes (''e.g.'' Black Romance), or notable works (''e.g.'' E.M. Hull's ''The Sheik'').

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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, and is listed in

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and

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Francis Award

The journal hosts an annual essay award sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, the Francis Award, for the best unpublished essay on popular romance media or romantic love in global popular culture. It is named in memory of Consuela Francis, associate

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and

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of English and African American Studies at the

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. The author of the winning essay receives a $250 prize, and has the option to publish their submission in the journal.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.jprstudies.org/
International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
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