And you can be my sheikh: Gender, race, and orientalism in contemporary romance novels

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1032-1051

  Taylor, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 36249028241     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00484.x     Document Type: Review

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