The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature (eBook, ePUB)

Coming of Age
Redaktion: Hill, Crag

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Both conceptual and pragmatic, this book examines the literary and pedagogical effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research-oriented perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134054749
• Artikelnr.: 40808397

Autorenporträt

Crag Hill is Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Coming of Age with Young Adult Literature through Critical Analysis, Steve Bickmore Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction: Young Adult Literature and Scholarship Come of Age, Crag Hill Chapter Two: More Than a `Time of Storm and Stress
: The Complex Depiction of Adolescent Identity in Contemporary Young Adult Novels, Janet Alsup Chapter Three: Sexuality as Risk and Resistance in Young Adult Literature, Mark Lewis & Sybil Durand Chapter Four: Hungry Like the Wolf: Gender Non-conformity in YAL, sj Miller Chapter Five: 'The Worst Form of Violence': Unpacking Portrayals of Poverty in Young Adult Novels, Janine Darragh & Crag Hill Chapter Six: `I was carrying the burden of my race
: Reading Matters of Race and Hope in YA Literature by Walter Dean Myers and Sherman Alexie, KaaVonia Hinton & Rodrigo Joseph Rodriguez Chapter Seven: Creating an Eco-warrior: Wilderness and Identity in the Dystopian World of Scott Westerfeld
s Uglies Series, Christopher Arigo Chapter Eight: The Emigrant, Immigrant and Trafficked Experiences of Adolescents: Young Adult Literature as Window and Mirror, Linda T. Parsons & Angela Rietschlin Chapter Nine: Annotated Bibliography, Laura Powers End Points: Crag Hill List of Contributors