Theorizing Ethnicity and Nationality in the Chick Lit Genre

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.

• AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsIntroductionERIN HURTPrologue: A Second Read: Further Reflections on Women of Color Chick LitPAMELA BUTLER AND JIGNA DESAISECTION 1CATEGORIES OF CHICK LIT1 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 LitJENNY HEIJUN WILLSSECTION 2TEXTS AND TROPES 3 Narratives of Latina Girlhood in Malín Alegría’s Estrella’s Quinceañera and Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in MexicoFELICIA SALINAS-MONIZ4 "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 BabyJENNIFER WOOLSTON5 The "Aha Moment": Representing Transformation and Black Women’s Trauma in the Chick Lit GenreCHERISE POLLARDSECTION 3DECENTERING WHITENESS6 Neoliberal Fantasies: Erica Kennedy’s Feminista (2009)HEIKE MIßLER7 The White Terry McMillan: Centering Black Women Within Chick Lit’s GenealogyERIN HURTSECTION 4AUTHORIAL VOICES8 Writing Chica LitLINDA CHAVEZ DOYLE9 Interview with Kavita Daswani10 Interview with Kim Wong Keltner11 Interview with Sofia Quintero Conclusion: Reading Neoliberal Fairy TalesBibliographyIndex