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UNINA9910807676703321 |
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Titolo |
Contemporary adolescent literature and culture : the emergent adult / / edited by Mary Hilton and Maria Nikolajeva |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-57378-4 |
1-317-16098-3 |
1-4094-3989-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 170 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HiltonMary <1946-> |
NikolajevaMaria |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Children's literature - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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