Theorizing ethnicity and nationality in chick lit

Author(s)

• Hurt, Erin

Bibliographic Information

Theorizing ethnicity and nationality in chick lit

edited by Erin Hurt

（Routledge studies in contemporary literature）

Routledge, 2018

• hbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction ERIN HURT Prologue: A Second Read: Further Reflections on Women of Color Chick Lit PAMELA BUTLER AND JIGNA DESAI SECTION 1 CATEGORIES OF CHICK LIT 1 More Than Sex, Shopping and Shoes": Cosmopolitan Indigeneity and Cultural Politics in Anita Heiss's Koori Lit LAUREN O'MAHONY 2 Against Asianness: On Being Cool, Feminist, and American in Asian/American Chick Lit JENNY HEIJUN WILLS SECTION 2 TEXTS AND TROPES 3 Narratives of Latina Girlhood in Malin Alegria's Estrella's Quinceanera and Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico FELICIA SALINAS-MONIZ 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 JENNIFER WOOLSTON 5 The "Aha Moment": Representing Transformation and Black Women's Trauma in the Chick Lit Genre CHERISE POLLARD SECTION 3 DECENTERING WHITENESS 6 Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy's Feminista (2009) HEIKE MIssLER 7 The White Terry McMillan: Centering Black Women Within Chick Lit's Genealogy ERIN HURT SECTION 4 AUTHORIAL VOICES 8 Writing Chica Lit LINDA CHAVEZ DOYLE 9 Interview with Kavita Daswani 10 Interview with Kim Wong Keltner 11 Interview with Sofia Quintero Conclusion: Reading Neoliberal Fairy Tales Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB27507230
• ISBN:
  • 9781138092525
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 233 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 809.399287
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chick lit -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Ethnicity in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB01701817