Home > Literature & literary studies > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: from c 1900 - > Chick Lit
35%
Chick Lit

Chick Lit


  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star



Available


About the Book

From the bestselling i Bridget Jones's Diary /i that started the trend to the television sensation i Sex and the City /i that captured it on screen, "chick lit" has become a major pop culture phenomenon. Banking on female audiences' identification with single, urban characters who struggle with the same life challenges, publishers have earned millions and even created separate imprints dedicated to the genre. Not surprisingly, some highbrow critics have dismissed chick lit as trashy fiction, but fans have argued that it is as empowering as it is entertaining. br br This is the first volume of its kind to examine the chick lit phenomenon from a variety of angles, accounting for both its popularity and the intense reactions-positive and negative-it has provoked. The contributors explore the characteristics that cause readers to attach the moniker "chick" to a particular book and what, if anything, distinguishes the category of chick lit from the works of Jane Austen on one end and Harlequin romance novels on the other. They critique the genre from a range of critical perspectives, considering its conflicted relationship with feminism and postfeminism, heterosexual romance, body image, and consumerism. The fourteen original essays gathered here also explore such trends and subgenres as "Sistah Lit," "Mommy Lit," and "Chick Lit Jr.," as well as regional variations. br br As the first book to consider the genre seriously, i Chick Lit /i offers real insight into a new generation of women's fiction.


Best Sellers



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415975025
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0415975026
  • Publisher Date: 24 Oct 2005
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 282
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 498 gr


Similar Products


Write A Review
Write your own book review for Chick Lit
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star
  • Gray Star


 

 

Top Reviews
Be the first to write a review on this book Chick Lit

New Arrivals



Inspired by your browsing history