Young adult literature
Subtitle: from romance to realism
By: Michael Cart
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838910450
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Sue Barton to the sixties : what's in a name? and other uncertainties; title: The sixties and the seventies : the rise of realism and the first golden age; title: The eighties : something old, something new : the rise of the paperback series, multicultural literature, and political correctness; title: The early nineties : a near death experience; title: The rest of the nineties : revival and renaissance; title: A new literature for a new millennium : the renaissance continues; title: Romancing the retail : of series, superstores, Harry Potter, and such; title: So, how adult is young adult : the crossover conundrum; title: Meanwhile, back in the real world : immigration, mixed race, and other new realities of teen life; title: Sex and other shibboleths : YA comes of age, and not a moment too soon; title: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature : the controversies continue; title: The viz biz : transforming the funnies; title: The eyes have it : other visual forms : photoessays and the new nonfiction; title: Of books and bytes : multiple literacies, the death of print, and other imponderables.