Oct 6, 2023
"Pulp" vs "Purity" Romances and 1950s Women Somewhere in Between
Perky. Courageous. Patriotic. Sensible, sacrificing, generically pious, always devoted to family. Virgin. All of those words describe the heroines of the many 1946-1970 respectable “purity” romances that I read like book candy during my teens. Even if she was a widow, she was somehow a virgin. Or so lightly touched by a previous marriage she was considered pure enough for the purposes of being an…
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