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.
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.
Erin Hurt is an Associate Professor of English at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She has published articles on the work of Alisa Valdes and Sofia Quintero, and her research areas include chica lit, US Latinx and American literatures, and women's and gender studies.
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Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction ERIN HURT Prologue: A Second Read: Further Reflections on Women of Color Chick Lit PAMELA BUTLER AND JIGNA DESAI SECTION 1 CATEGORIES OF CHICK LIT 1 More Than Sex, Shopping and Shoes": Cosmopolitan Indigeneity and Cultural Politics in Anita Heiss's Koori Lit LAUREN O'MAHONY 2 Against Asianness: On Being Cool, Feminist, and American in Asian/American Chick Lit JENNY HEIJUN WILLS SECTION 2 TEXTS AND TROPES 3 Narratives of Latina Girlhood in Malín Alegría's Estrella's Quinceañera and Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico FELICIA SALINAS-MONIZ 4 "I live a fabulous Asian-American life-ask me how!": Kim Wong Keltner Unpacks Contemporary Asian American Female Identity In The Dim Sum Of All Things And Buddha Baby JENNIFER WOOLSTON 5 The "Aha Moment": Representing Transformation and Black Women's Trauma in the Chick Lit Genre CHERISE POLLARD SECTION 3 DECENTERING WHITENESS 6 Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy's Feminista (2009) HEIKE MIßLER 7 The White Terry McMillan: Centering Black Women Within Chick Lit's Genealogy ERIN HURT SECTION 4 AUTHORIAL VOICES 8 Writing Chica Lit LINDA CHAVEZ DOYLE 9 Interview with Kavita Daswani 10 Interview with Kim Wong Keltner 11 Interview with Sofia Quintero Conclusion: Reading Neoliberal Fairy Tales Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction ERIN HURT Prologue: A Second Read: Further Reflections on Women of Color Chick Lit PAMELA BUTLER AND JIGNA DESAI SECTION 1 CATEGORIES OF CHICK LIT 1 More Than Sex, Shopping and Shoes": Cosmopolitan Indigeneity and Cultural Politics in Anita Heiss's Koori Lit LAUREN O'MAHONY 2 Against Asianness: On Being Cool, Feminist, and American in Asian/American Chick Lit JENNY HEIJUN WILLS SECTION 2 TEXTS AND TROPES 3 Narratives of Latina Girlhood in Malín Alegría's Estrella's Quinceañera and Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico FELICIA SALINAS-MONIZ 4 "I live a fabulous Asian-American life-ask me how!": Kim Wong Keltner Unpacks Contemporary Asian American Female Identity In The Dim Sum Of All Things And Buddha Baby JENNIFER WOOLSTON 5 The "Aha Moment": Representing Transformation and Black Women's Trauma in the Chick Lit Genre CHERISE POLLARD SECTION 3 DECENTERING WHITENESS 6 Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy's Feminista (2009) HEIKE MIßLER 7 The White Terry McMillan: Centering Black Women Within Chick Lit's Genealogy ERIN HURT SECTION 4 AUTHORIAL VOICES 8 Writing Chica Lit LINDA CHAVEZ DOYLE 9 Interview with Kavita Daswani 10 Interview with Kim Wong Keltner 11 Interview with Sofia Quintero Conclusion: Reading Neoliberal Fairy Tales Bibliography Index
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