Constructing the Adolescent Reader in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Critical Approaches to Children's Literature

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Beskrivning

This book examines the way young adult readers are constructed in a variety of contemporary young adult fictions, arguing that contemporary young adult novels depict readers as agents.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-04
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:383 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137539236

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Mer om författaren

Elisabeth Rose Gruner teaches English at the University of Richmond, USA, where she has served as Director of the First-Year Seminar Program and Academic Advising Resource Center as well as Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences. Her research has been published in various journals and edited collections.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Young Adults, Reading, and Young Adult Reading.- 2. Reading in School.- 3. Misreading the Classics: Gender, Genre, and Agency in YA Romance.- 4. “Dreaming Themselves into Existence”: Reading and Race.- 5. Magic, Prophetic, and Sacred Books: Making Communities of Readers.- 6. Reading, Resistance, and Political Agency.- 7. Epilogue: Reading Reading in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.