Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
At the airport, across from the magazines at Wal-Mart, and probably somewhere near the front of local bookstores — chick lit is everywhere. One would probably recognize it from a distance as a sea of shiny pink1, the small glossy paperbacks cheerfully beckoning from their carefully constructed display. Chick lit has exploded into the western2 market over the last decade, captivating millions of readers with their tales of young, urban professional women navigating the worlds of careers, relationships, and of course, shopping. By the end of the novel, each of these components is generally resolved in somewhat formulaic fashion
Recommended Citation
Cole, Allison, "Can’t Afford the Manolos? Buy the Book!: Chick Lit & Contemporary Consumerism" (2007). Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS). 13.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/ugrs/13