Of Bridgets, Rebeccas, and Carries: Chick Culture Defines Woman

• Other Authors: Ruíz, Vivian (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Humanities
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5151

Chick-Lit is a fairly young literary genre that is widely popular among female readers and holds an important place within the publishing industry. For this reason, I have chosen Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary, Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (three culturally significant Chick franchises) to approach said genre from a critical perspective with the aim of exposing and challenging its primarily traditional, conservative content. The present work will examine the perpetuation of such oppressive ideologies as patriarchy and heteronormativity in the aforementioned Chick texts while also challenging their equation of femininity with commodity consumption, childbearing, and ditziness. === A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. === Fall Semester, 2011. === October 24, 2011. === Chick-Flick, Chick-Lit, Gender, Woman === Includes bibliographical references. === Celia Daileader, Professor Directing Dissertation; Delia Poey, University Representative; Leigh Edwards, Committee Member; Donna M. Nudd, Committee Member.