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From wallflowers to bulletproof families : the power of disability in young adult narratives /
"Uses of disability in literature are often problematic and harmful to disabled people. This is also true, of course, in children's and young adult literature, but interestingly, when disability is paired and confused with adolescence in narratives, interesting, complex arcs often arise. I...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Children's Literature Association series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Radical readings of adolescence and disability
- Chapter 2: Wallflowers: Disability as the young adult voice
- Chapter 3: Fruits: Disability as a literary metaphor
- Chapter 4: Freaks: Disability as a catalyst for growth
- Chapter 5: Accidents: Disability as a political identity
- Chapter 6: Bulletproof families: Disability as the unifier
- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Solidarity in expression and action
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index.