Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Introduction. Acknowledgements. 1. Overview 2. Love Makes the World Go ‘Round’: The Code of Romance 3. Sealed with a Kiss: The Code of Sexuality 4. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Code of Beautification 5. Keepers of Heart and Hearth: Gender, Class, and Race in Romance Fiction 6. Becoming a Woman: Narrative and Femininity 7. Romancing Girls: Romance Fiction and Its Readers 8. The World of Romance and Beyond 9. A Place in the World. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

Linda K. Christian-Smith