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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"chick lit"”.
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Constructing and negotiating meaning : A dialogic approach to analysing chick lit.
… fiction by, about and largely for women known as chick lit. In order to address this objective, this thesis develops theoretical and analytical frameworks that are sufficiently nuanced to conceptualise and analyse the construction and negotiation of the meanings of a cultural object as dynamic, …
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Redefining ‘Chick-Lit’ and Women’s Publishing within Trade Publishing in South Africa
… authors (often grouped together under the term ‘chick-lit’) within a South African publishing context, using sales history from Nielsen’s Bookscan, Sunday Times reviews and participant interviews. Findings show that the split in South Africa is not as obvious in certain Western countries, but two …
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Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? The Effect of Protagonist Body Esteem and Body Weight in Novels on Female Readers' Body Esteem
… have received scant attention. The genre of chick literature has been criticized for depicting characters that constantly worry about their body weight and have poor body esteem. Excerpts from two popular chick lit novels were used to examine the effect of a protagonist's body weight and body …
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The Language of Love and Desire: Convention, Affect, and Intimacy in the Contemporary Romance
… denigrated to the realm of popular fiction or “chick-lit”. However, contemporary romance is in dialogue with a much older tradition, and it serves a purpose beyond mere entertainment. In this dissertation, I analyse four works of contemporary romance which demonstrate a keen awareness of the …
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Anglofile
… the alphabet song in the file room. There’s little to no hope for advancement as she is short the required college hours to qualify for even an associate degree, but she can’t leave the job.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>The only thing keeping Britophile Anny sane is her daily dream of one day winning …