Harzewski, Stephanie, 1974-

Chick lit and postfeminism / Stephanie Harzewski. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. - xii, 247 p. ; 23 cm. - Cultural frames, framing culture .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780813930718 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813930725 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813930756 (e-book)

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American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--Women authors--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.

PS374.W6 / H379 2011

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