ABSTRACT
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
section Section I|2 pages
Categories of Chick Lit
chapter 1|28 pages
“More Than Sex, Shopping, and Shoes” 1
Cosmopolitan Indigeneity and Cultural Politics in Anita Heiss’s Koori Lit
chapter 2|16 pages
Against Asianness
On Being Cool, Feminist, and American in Asian/American Chick Lit
section Section II|2 pages
Texts and Tropes
chapter 5|13 pages
The “Aha Moment”
Representing Transformation and Black Women’s Trauma in the Chick Lit Genre
section Section III|2 pages
Decentering Whiteness
section Section IV|2 pages
Authorial Voices
