1st Edition

Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit

By Caroline J. Smith Copyright 2008
196 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

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 women’s popular fiction, which began in 1996 with the publication of British author Helen Fielding’s novel Bridget Jones’s Diary ,... Read more

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: One Simple Step to Becoming a V.G. Consumer: Read Women’s Magazines

Chapter Three: The Girls’ Guide to Breaking The Rules

Chapter Four: Down with Marriage: The Search for Romantic Alternatives

Chapter Five: Living the Life of a Domestic Goddess: "It’s a Good Thing"

Chapter Six: Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Caroline J. Smith is an Assistant Professor in the University Writing Program at the George Washington University. She has been published in Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal and Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Review of Women’s Studies Resources. Her research interests include contemporary women’s popular fiction and popular culture.