This book examines the fundamental themes which inform our understanding of 'the teenager', which emerge in both literary and cultural contexts, and asks whether parallel realities and fantastic identities produce forms of adolescence that are...
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This book examines the fundamental themes which inform our understanding of 'the teenager', which emerge in both literary and cultural contexts, and asks whether parallel realities and fantastic identities produce forms of adolescence that are dynamic and subversive
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Developing through Fantasy: From Stasis to Transformation; Chapter Two: Fantasies of Identity: The Self and Individualism; Chapter Three: Fantasies of Empowerment and Agency: Gender and the Burden of Responsibility; Chapter Four: Writing Fantastic Spaces: Real, Virtual and Textual Teens; Conclusion: New Evolutions: Fears and Pleasures of Young Adult Fantastic Realism; Notes; Bibliography; Index