{"product_id":"chica-lit-9780822963653","title":"Chica Lit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Chica Lit: Popular Latina Fiction and Americanization in the Twenty-First Century, Tace Hedrick illuminates how discourses of Americanization, ethnicity, gender, class, and commodification shape the genre of \"chica lit,\" popular fiction written by Latina authors with Latina characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hedrick argues that chica lit novels negotiate a fine line between selling ethnicity and not seeming \u003ci\u003etoo \u003c\/i\u003eethnic or threateningly so; the lesson of chica lit is assimilable Americanness to which being Latina merely adds flavor without presenting conflict or critique.”\u003cbr\u003e —Marta Caminero-Santangelo, University of Kansas|“\u003ci\u003eChica Lit\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive study of an understudied genre. Hedrick analyzes the implications of how such texts convey a middle class Latina identity along with a reach toward other seemingly contradictory ethnic identity markers.”\u003cbr\u003e —Frederick Luis Aldama, Ohio State University","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151174398295,"sku":"9780822963653","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822963653.jpg?v=1762960359","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chica-lit-9780822963653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}