Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit - Hardback - 2008

"Examines the way in which the women's fiction genre of the late 1990s, known as chick lit, responds to women's advice manuals such as women's magazines, self-help books, romantic comedies, and domestic-advice manuals. This study argues that chick lit questions the ""consume and achieve promise"" offered by advice manuals marketed toward women.
Year of publication: 2008
Pagination: 192 pages, black & white illustrations
Format: Hardback
Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory"