Jonathan Alexander

Writing Youth

Young Adult Fiction as Literacy Sponsorship

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Produktbeschreibung

Writing Youth: Young Adult Fiction as Literacy Sponsorship studies young adult (YA) fiction that analyzes corporate sponsorship of media literacy practices in and through YA fiction. It shows how YA novels model for young people ways to manage the various media tools that surround them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781498538428
• ISBN-10: 1498538428
• Artikelnr.: 45803099

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Alexander is Chancellor's Professor of English and director of the Center for Excellence in Writing and Communication at University of California, Irvine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Writing (about) Youth Chapter One-Literacy's
Hunger Games: Branding Multiliteracy Chapter Two-The Darker Side of the
Sorting Hat: Representations of Educational Testing in Dystopian Young
Adult Fiction, by Jonathan Alexander and Rebecca Black Chapter Three-Beyond
The Hunger Games: Becoming Collaborative Chapter Four-Kids in the
Aftermath: The Politics of Hurricane Katrina in Young Adult Fiction Chapter
Five-Sponsoring Homonormativity: Sexual Literacies in Queer YA Literature,
by William P. Banks and Jonathan Alexander Chapter Six-Seizing the Means of
Production, Sort Of: YA Self-Sponsored Multimedia Videos Discussed
Bibliography About the Author