Jennifer Harrison

Posthumanist Readings in Dystopian Young Adult Fiction

Negotiating the Nature/Culture Divide

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the deployment of posthumanist ideology in young adult dystopian fiction. It applies this theory to the presentation of social issues in select novels.

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Produktdetails

• Children and Youth in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9781498573351
• ISBN-10: 1498573355
• Artikelnr.: 55886448

Autorenporträt

By Jennifer Harrison

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Young Adult Dystopia and the Posthuman Perspective Chapter 1: Carrie Ryan's Forest of Hands and Teeth: Sex
Infection and Hopelessness Chapter 2: Lois Lowry's The Giver: Biotechnology
Wilderness
and Government Chapter 3: Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking Trilogy: Language and the Non-Human Other Chapter 4: Neal Shusterman's Unwind: Posthuman Recycling and the Death of the Hero Chapter 5: Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Series: Posthumanism
Evolution
Apocalypse
and Time Chapter 6: Adam Rapp's Decelerate Blue: Solarpunk
Consumerism
and the Posthumanist Future Conclusion: Young Adult Dystopia and the Posthuman Perspective