Mobility and rebel women in South African chick lit
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Published online on February 04, 2026
Abstract
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 185-199, March 2026.
The article explores notions of resistance in South African chick lit through Zukiswa Wanner’s novelsThe Madams(2006) andBehind Every Successful Man(2008). An analysis of chick lit’s potential for resistance needs to consider its use of ambivalence ...
The article explores notions of resistance in South African chick lit through Zukiswa Wanner’s novelsThe Madams(2006) andBehind Every Successful Man(2008). An analysis of chick lit’s potential for resistance needs to consider its use of ambivalence ...