Heike Missler

The Cultural Politics of Chick Lit

Popular Fiction, Postfeminism and Representation

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Produktbeschreibung

This study traces the evolution of chick lit not only as a genre of popular fiction, but as a cultural phenomenon. It complicates the genealogy of the texts by situating them firmly in the context of age-old debates about female literary creation, and by highlighting the dynamics of the popular-fiction market. The volume weaves a sound methodological network, drawing on reader-response criticism, feminist, gender and queer theory, affect studies and whiteness studies. Visiting examples ranging from classic to more recent and edgier texts, this is an accessible and engaging study for anyone interested in postfeminism and popular culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781138648241
• ISBN-10: 1138648248
• Artikelnr.: 47122132

Autorenporträt

Heike Mißler is a Senior Lecturer at the English Department of Saarland University, Germany, where she has recently completed her PhD on postfeminist fiction. Her research interests are feminist theory, gender and queer studies, and popular culture studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Situating Chick Lit in Popular Culture
Part I: Contexts
1. That's me! - Enter Everywoman
Bridget's Sisters, Mothers and Grandmothers - A Genealogy
Chick Lit's Critical Reception: "Still scribbling, still damned" (Modleski
xxi)
From Harlequin/Mills & Boon to Chick Lit: Reinventing the Romance?
The Making/Marketing of a Genre
The (Non-)Death of Chick Lit
2. Reading/Writing Chick Lit: Online Fandom and its Impact on the Genre
Of Bloggers, Fans, and Poachers
The Chick-Lit Blog Survey
Part II: Texts
3. Engaging The Reader: Ambiguity, Identification, and Interpretation
Offers of Identification and Reader Positions in Chick Lit
The Failed Chick: Emma McLaughlin's and Nicola Kraus's Citizen Girl (2004)
4. Funny Chicks: Humour and Irony in Chick Lit
The Forms and Functions of Humour in Chick Lit
Lynn Harris's Death by Chick Lit (2007): Humouring Different Readerships
5. Escapism is for Everyone: Structures of Desire in Chick Lit
Nostalgia in Chick Lit
Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy's Feminista (2009)
Conclusion and Outlook: The Evolution of a Formula