Death, gender, and sexuality in contemporary adolescent literature
By: Kathryn James.
Series: Children's literature and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415964937; 9780203885154
Subjects: Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism; Death in literature; Sex role in literature; Sex in literature; Teenagers -- Books and reading
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: beginning with endings: death in children's literature; title: Points of departure: death, culture, representation; title: Matilda's last dance: death and historical fiction; title: Verisimilitude: representing death 'in the real'; title: Beyond consensus reality: death and fantasy fiction; title: Imagined futures: death and the post-disaster novel; title: Conclusion: mapping the landscape: the unknown country.