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  1. Constructing adolescence in fantastic realism
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York

    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... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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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

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1281706493; 0203894138; 0415958326; 9781281706492; 9780203894132; 9780415958325
    Series: Children's literature and culture
    Subjects: Teenagers in literature; Young adult fiction, American; Young adult fiction, English; Realism in literature; Fantasy fiction, English; Group identity in literature; Fantasy fiction, American; Adolescence in literature
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xv, 220 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    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