Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in chick lit / Caroline J. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Caroline J., 1974-

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women authors.

English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--Women authors.

Chick lit--History and criticism.

Chick lit.

Cosmopolitanism in literature.

Consumption (Economics) in literature.

Women--Books and reading--English-speaking countries.

Women.

Women--Books and reading.

English-speaking countries.

Single women in literature.

Young women in literature.

Genre:

Chick lit.

Physical Description:

ix, 182 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2008]

Summary:

Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit focuses on the literary phenomenon popularly known as chick lit, and the way in which this genre interfaces with magazines, self-help books, romantic comedies, and domestic-advice publications. This recent trend in womens popular fiction, which began in 1996 with the publication of British author Helen Fieldings novel Bridget Joness Diary, uses first person narration to chronicle the romantic tribulations of its young, single, white, heterosexual, urban heroines. Critics of the genre have failed to fully appreciate chick lits complicated representations of women as both readers and consumers. In this study, Smith argues that chick lit questions the consume and achieve promise offered by advice manuals marketed toward women.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.

ISBN:

0415956625

9780415956628

OCLC:

145379671

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