Young adult literature, libraries, and conservative activism /

This incisive study analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for how we understand reading in America. As visible and volatile shorthand for competing views of teen readin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gaffney, Loretta M., 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Colección:Beta Phi Mu scholars.
Temas:
Young adult literature > History and criticism.
Young adult literature, American > History and criticism.
Teenagers > Books and reading > United States.
Young adults' libraries > Book selection > United States.
Young adults' libraries > Censorship > United States.
Challenged books > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Littérature pour jeunes adultes > Histoire et critique.
Littérature pour jeunes adultes américaine > Histoire et critique.
Adolescents > Livres et lecture > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques pour la jeunesse > Choix de livres > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques pour la jeunesse > Censure > États-Unis.
Livres contestés > États-Unis.
Éducation > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Conservatisme > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Challenged books
Conservatism
Education > Political aspects
Teenagers > Books and reading
Young adult literature
Young adult literature, American
Young adults' libraries > Book selection
Young adults' libraries > Censorship
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How to read a young adult novel : an introduction
  • Constructing the teenaged reader
  • Tending the fair garden : canon formation and aesthetic approaches to young adult literature
  • Bibliotherapy and the problem novel : pedagogical approaches to YA literature
  • The uses of pleasure : popular literature and young adults
  • No longer safe : young adult literature and conservative library activism
  • Do we dare disturb the universe? : young adult literature and social change : a conclusion.

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