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Death, gender, and sexuality in contemporary adolescent literature
2009·224 pages
A critical study of death, gender, and sexuality in young adult literature since the 1980s.
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A critical study of death, gender, and sexuality in young adult literature since the 1980s.
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Knowledge about carnality and its limits provides the agenda for much of the fiction written for adolescent readers today, yet there exists little critical engagement with the ways in which it has been represented in the young adult novel in either discursive, ideological, or rhetorical forms. Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature is a pioneering study that addresses these methodological and contextual gaps. Focusing on texts produced since the late-1980s, and drawing...
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Sexual content
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Discusses sexual themes and eroticization of death in YA literature.
Violence & gore
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Analyzes depictions of death and dying in YA novels, not graphic.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Explores sexuality and gender themes in YA literature.
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources.
Magic & witchcraft
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Mentions fantasy elements in YA fiction as part of analysis.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Examines cultural and social discourses in YA literature.
Self-harm / suicide
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Discusses themes of death which may include suicide in YA texts.
Abuse & suffering
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May address suffering or trauma linked to death in YA narratives.
Other
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