<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The intersection of postfeminist arguments with popular culture and popular cultural forms is of great significance for investigating representational politics and issues of identity. These elements are central for capturing the concept of feminist heterogeneity in its engagement with cultural theory, particularly postmodernism. This study considers postfeminism’s redefinition and reevaluation of popular culture, as an area of political and emblematic contestation.</p></abstract>

The intersection of postfeminist arguments with popular culture and popular cultural forms is of great significance for investigating representational politics and issues of identity. These elements are central for capturing the concept of feminist heterogeneity in its engagement with cultural theory, particularly postmodernism. This study considers postfeminism’s redefinition and reevaluation of popular culture, as an area of political and emblematic contestation.

Postfeminist Fiction in Chick Lit Novels

Ovidius University, Constanta, 1, Aleea Universității, Constanța 900470, Romania

Gender Studies

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The intersection of postfeminist arguments with popular culture and popular cultural forms is of great significance for investigating representational politics...

Postfeminist Fiction in Chick Lit Novels

Published Online: Feb 29, 2016

Page range: 119 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0008

Keywords
chick lit, consumerism, hedonism, feminism, popular culture, postfeminism

© 2015 Alina Ilief-Martinescu, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Postfeminist Fiction in Chick Lit Novels

Published Online: Feb 29, 2016

Page range: 119 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0008

Keywordschick lit, consumerism, hedonism, feminism, popular culture, postfeminism

© 2015 Alina Ilief-Martinescu, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
chick lit, consumerism, hedonism, feminism, popular culture, postfeminism