Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature

by Kathryn James

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415964938
• ISBN13: 9780415964937
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"