UID:
almahu_9949384053902882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781315107400
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1315107406
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9781351606967
,
1351606964
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9781351606974
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1351606972
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9781351606950
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1351606956
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 27
Content:
Scholars and readers alike need little help identifying the infamous Bridget Jones or Carrie Bradshaw. While it is no stretch to say that these fictional characters are the most recognizable within the chic lit genre, there are certainly many others that have helped define this body of work. While previous research has focused primarily on white American chick lit, Theorizing Ethnicity and Nationality in the Chick Lit Genre, takes a wider look at the genre, by exploring chick lit novels featuring protagonists from a variety of ethnic backgrounds set both within and outside of the US.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Prologue: A Second Read: Further Reflections on Women-of-Color Chick Lit -- SECTION I: Categories of Chick Lit -- 1 "More Than Sex, Shopping, and Shoes": Cosmopolitan Indigeneity and Cultural Politics in Anita Heiss's Koori Lit -- 2 Against Asianness: On Being Cool, Feminist, and American in Asian/American Chick Lit -- SECTION II: Texts and Tropes -- 3 Narratives of Latina Girlhood in Malín Alegría's Estrella's Quinceañera and Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico -- 4 "I live a fabulous Asian-American life-ask me how!" Kim Wong Keltner Unpacks Contemporary Asian American Female Identity in The Dim Sum of All Things and Buddha Baby -- 5 The "Aha Moment": Representing Transformation and Black Women's Trauma in the Chick Lit Genre -- SECTION III: Decentering Whiteness -- 6 Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy's Feminista (2009) -- 7 The White Terry McMillan: Centering Black Women Within Chick Lit's Genealogy -- SECTION IV: Authorial Voices -- 8 Writing Chica Lit -- 9 Interview with Kavita Daswani -- 10 Interview with Kim Wong Keltner -- 11 Interview with Sofia Quintero -- Conclusion: Reading Neoliberal Fairy Tales -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315107400
