Chick lit and postfeminism - Harzewski, Stephanie, 1974- (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011)
Introduction: heels over Hemingway -- Postmodernism's last romance -- Bridget Jones's diary and the production of a popular Austen -- Sex and the city and the New York novel -- The legacy of working-girl fiction -- Theorizing postfeminist fictions of development -- Epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
Keywords: Chick lit, American -- History and criticism; Chick lit, English -- History and criticism; Chick lit -- History and criticism; Women -- Books and reading; Single women in literature; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Man-woman relationships in literature; Popular culture in literature; Social values in literature; Feminist theory; American fiction / Women authors / History and criticism; Chick lit / History and criticism; Consumption (Economics) in literature; English fiction / Women authors / History and criticism; Feminist theory; Man-woman relationships in literature; Popular culture in literature; Single women in literature; Social values in literature; Women / Books and reading