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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807676703321

Titolo

Contemporary adolescent literature and culture : the emergent adult / / edited by Mary Hilton and Maria Nikolajeva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-57378-4

1-317-16098-3

1-4094-3989-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 170 p.)

Collana

Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present

Altri autori (Persone)

HiltonMary <1946->

NikolajevaMaria

Disciplina

809/.89282

Soggetti

Children's literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Adolescence and the natural world in young adult fiction / David Whitley -- 2. Nationhood, struggle, and identity / Elia Michelle Lafuente -- 3. Transgression and transition / Georgie Horrell -- 4. Romance, dystopia, and the hybrid child / Clementine Beauvais -- 5. Cross-dressing and performativity / Nicole Brugger-Dethmers -- 6. Monstrous bodies : writing the incestuously abused adolescent body / Lydia Kokkola -- 7. "The beat of your heart" : music in young adult literature and culture / Karen Coats -- 8. Emotional connection : representation of emotions in young adult literature / Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer -- 9. Brain and behaviour : the coherence of teenage responses to young adult literature / Shirley Brice Heath and Jennifer Lynn Wolf.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a range of critical perspectives, this volume explores the moral, ideological & literary landscapes in fiction & other cultural productions aimed at young adults. The contributors illuminate how the cultural constructions 'adolescent' & 'young adult fiction' share some of society's painful anxieties & contradictions.