Chick Lit and Postfeminism

by Stephanie Harzewski

Book Overview

Originally a euphemism for Princeton University's Female Literary Tradition course in the 1980s, "chick lit" mutated from a movement in American women's avant-garde fiction in the 1990s to become, by the turn of the century, a humorous subset of women's literature, journalism, and advice manuals. Stephanie Harzewski examines such best sellers as Bridget Jones's DiaryThe Devil Wears Prada, and Sex and the City as urban appropriations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813930723
• ISBN13: 9780813930725
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 1 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary