Indian chick-lit : form and consumerism
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jennifer P. Barber (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Cara Cilano
Abstract: This thesis critically examines Indian-U.S. chick-lit in order to illustrate its
complexity and to point out why scholars should give their attention to this sub-genre of
mainstream chick-lit. Indian chick-lit’s adherence to mainstream chick-lit's conventions
causes the articulation of the Indian heroine's hybrid identity to be very difficult. This
thesis also explores how Indian chick-lit promblematizes chick-lit's invitation for the
reader to identify with the female character when Indian chick-lit shows that assimilation
to U.S. culture is pointless.
Indian chick-lit : form and consumerism
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- American fiction--Indian authors, American literature--Indian authors, Chick lit, Indian literature, Indian women in literature
- Subjects
- Indian literature
- Chick lit
- American literature -- Indian authors
- American fiction -- Indian authors
- Indian women in literature