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The book is split into three parts with 14 chapters in total by various authors. The chapters are organised thematically into parts. Part One is called "Boys Love and Global
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and that some use "outdated" scholarship to differentiate BL from romance novels. Wood notes that there is little use of comics scholarship in the volume, and little discussion of individual works. She feels though that "most readers will be able to find something that appeals to them".
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