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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136844303321

Autore

Musgrave Megan L

Titolo

Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Literature : Imaginary Activism / / by Megan L. Musgrave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-58173-5

9781137581730

9781137602725 (print)

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXII, 230 p.)

Collana

Critical Approaches to Children's Literature, , 2753-0833

Disciplina

801

Soggetti

Literature and technology

Mass media and literature

Children's literature

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

America - Literatures

Literature and Technology

Children's Literature

Contemporary Literature

North American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Cyborg Bodies in Illness and Disability Narratives -- Cyborg Minds at Play in Participatory Cultures, or, Going Public in Private -- Gamer Guys: Playing with Civic Responsibility in Ludic Fiction -- Gamer Girls: Going Online in the Age of Misogynist Terrorism -- Imaginary Activism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a study of the evolving relationships between literature, cyberspace, and young adults in the twenty-first century. Megan L. Musgrave explores the ways that young adult fiction is becoming a platform for a public conversation about the great benefits and terrible risks of our increasing dependence upon technology in public and



private life. Drawing from theories of digital citizenship and posthuman theory, Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First Century Young Adult Literature considers how the imaginary forms of activism depicted in literature can prompt young people to shape their identities and choices as citizens in a digital culture.