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050 0 PN1009.A1|bC694 2014
245 04 The critical merits of young adult literature :|bcoming of
age /|cedited by Crag Hill .
260 New York :|bRoutledge,|c2014
300 xvi, 200 pages ;|c24 cm .
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 Foreword: Coming of age with young adult literature
through critical analysis / Steven T. Bickmore -- Preface
-- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Young adult literature
and scholarship come of age / Crag Hill -- More than a
"time of storm and stress": the complex depiction of
adolescent identity in contemporary young adult novels /
Janet Alsup -- Sexuality as risk and resistance in young
adult literature / Mark A. Lewis & E. Sybil Durand --
Hungry like the wolf: gender non-conformity in YAL / sj
Miller -- "The worst form of violence": unpacking
portrayals of poverty in young adult novels / Janine
Darragh & Crag Hill -- "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 RodrÃguez -- Creating an eco-warrior:
wilderness and identity in the dystopian world of Scott
Westerfeld's Uglies series / Christopher Arigo -- The
emigrant, immigrant, and trafficked experiences of
adolescents: young adult literature as window and mirror /
Linda T. Parsons & Angela Rietschlin -- Annotated
bibliography / Laura Powers -- End points / Crag Hill.
520 "This examination of the literary effectiveness of young
adult literature from a critical, research-oriented
perspective answers two key questions asked by many
teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult
literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy
of close study? The treatment is both conceptual and
pragmatic. Each chapter discusses a topical text set of YA
novels in a conceptual framework -- how these novels
contribute to or deconstruct conventional wisdom about key
topics from identity formation to awareness of world
issues, while also providing a springboard in secondary
and college classrooms for critical discussion of these
novels. Uncloaking many of the issues that have been
essentially invisible in discussions of YA literature,
these essays can then guide the design of curriculum
through which adolescent readers hone the necessary skills
to unpack the ideologies embedded in YA narratives. The
annotated bibliography provides supplementary articles and
books germane to all the issues discussed. Closing "End
Points" highlight and reinforce cross-cutting themes
throughout the book and tie the essays together"--
Provided by publisher
650 0 Young adult literature|xHistory and criticism
650 0 Young adult literature|xStudy and teaching (Secondary)
700 10 Hill, Crag