Women’s Fiction: Chick Lit, Matron Literature, Indian Chick Lit

Women's Fiction: Chick Lit, Matron Literature, Indian Chick Lit





Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Chick lit is genre fiction within women's fiction which addresses issues of modern women often humorously and lightheartedly. The genre sells well, with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit. Although sometimes it includes romantic elements, women's fiction (including chick lit) is generally not considered a direct subcategory of the romance novel genre, because in chick lit the heroine's relationship with her family or friends may be just as important as her romantic relationships. According to professor Suzanne Ferriss, chick lit often features hip, stylish, career-driven female protagonists, usually in their twenties and thirties. The women featured in these novels may be obsessed with appearance or have a passion for shopping i.e Carrie Bradshaw, the protagonist of Sex and the City However, this has been disputed. In Publishers Weekly, Amy Sohn redefines the genre as being about women who can stand on their own two feet. This same article refutes the previous stereotypes. Library Journal also states that ethnic chick lit counts in the definition, mommy lit, and other sub sub genres which don't include the 20-30-something protagonist who is worried about shopping, boys and sex. The main feature of chick lit is the protagonist who is female, often, but not always trying to make it in the modern world dealing with issues that women face. This can range from women in a contemporary world, such as Waiting to Exhale or it can deal with a modernist or historical world.. The issues can deal with more than shopping such as Marian Keyes's Watermelon which deal with how to be a mother in a modern world or dealing with religion such as in Christian chick lit. The market o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=850309









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