Death, gender and sexuality in contemporary adolescent literature
Kathryn James
New York
Routledge
2009
xii, 208 p. 24 cm
Children's literature and culture
Young adult literature, American
Death in literature
Sex role in literature
Sex in literature
Teenagers
PS
374
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D34K38
2009
James, Kathryn
Includes bibliographical references )p. 187-198( and index.
Introduction: beginning with endings: death in children's literature -- Points of departure: death, culture, representation -- Matilda's last dance: death and historical fiction -- Verisimilitude: representing death 'in the real' -- Beyond consensus reality: death and fantasy fiction -- Imagined futures: death and the post-disaster novel -- Conclusion: mapping the landscape: the unknown country