'Chick- lit' and the dominant model of femininity Essay by Top Papers

This paper will examine three examples of 'chick lit', a slightly derogatory term for a literary genre that targets young women, particularly those that are single and working. The three examples include the television series Sex and the City and the film Devil Wears Prada (both based on best-selling chick-lit books); as well as the book Confessions of a Shopaholic, soon to be a film too. The paper will examine the dominant model of femininity that has emerged from this literature often labeled post feminist. The paper will argue that although the model of femininity that dominates in chick lit is very different from what is understood to be feminine in the typical patriarchal sense, there are some elements that have not changed.