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Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism
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by Loretta M. Gaffney
Loretta M. Gaffney
Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism
162
by Loretta M. Gaffney
Loretta M. Gaffney
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Overview
This incisive study analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for how we understand reading in America. As visible and volatile shorthand for competing views of teen reading, YA literature has become a lightning rod for a variety of aesthetic, pedagogical, and popular literature controversies.Noted scholar Loretta Gaffney not only examines how YA literature is defended and critiqued within the context of rapid cultural and technological changes, but also highlights how struggles about teen reading matter to—and matter in—the future of librarianship and education. The workbridges divides between literary criticism, professional practices, canon building, literature appreciation, genre classifications and recommendations, standard histories, and commentary. It will be useful in YA literature course settings in Library and Information Science, Education, and English departments. It will also be of interest to those who study right wing culture and movements in media studies, cultural studies, American studies, sociology, political science, and history. It is of additional interest to those who study print culture, publishing and the book, histories of teenagers, and research on teen reading. Finally, it will offer those interested in teenagers, literature, libraries, technology, and politics a fresh way to look at book challenges and controversies over YA literature.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781442264083 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 02/01/2017 |
Series: | Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series |
Pages: | 162 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Loretta M. Gaffney has taught courses on intellectual freedom, reading research, young adult literature, and youth services librarianship for nearly a decade. A former middle school librarian at the University of Chicago Lab Schools, she defended her dissertation, "Intellectual Freedom and the Politics of Reading" in 2012. Loretta's current research projects include the politics of young adult literature, Common Core, and school librarians’ knowledge. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: How to Read a Young Adult Novel: An IntroductionWhat Is Young Adult Literature?Golden Age or Dark Age? Histories of Young Adult LiteratureEarly and Foundational Young Adult NovelsYA Goes to School: Young Adult Literature in the AcademyThe Politics of Reading: How to Read YA (And This Book)Chapter Two: Constructing the Teenaged Reader“These Kids Today”: Myths and Stereotypes about Contemporary TeenagersReading in TheoryReading in Decline or Reading on the Rise?Print and Digital LiteraciesThe Politics of Research: Teens and Reading in the Cultural CrossfireChapter Three: Tending the Fair Garden: Canon Formation and Aesthetic Approaches to Young Adult LiteratureYouth Services Librarianship and Literary AestheticsDefending the Canon: Realism v. FantasyThe Rise of YA Librarianship: Defending Teens’ Freedom to ReadChapter Four: Bibliotherapy and the Problem Novel: Pedagogical Approaches to YA LiteratureThe Rise of the New RealismThe Problem with Problem Novels“Darkness Too Visible”Triggering the RealConclusionChapter Five: The Uses of Pleasure: Popular Literature and Young AdultsPleasure and Reading MotivationLibraries and Popular LiteraturePopular Literature, Dangerous ReadingYA as Pop LiteratureIntellectual Freedom and Reading ResearchChapter Six: “No Longer Safe”: Young Adult Literature and Conservative Library ActivismThe Rise of the Pro Family Movement and Conservative Library ActivismSexual Conservatives, Pornography, and InformationThe Trouble with HarryLessons From West BendChapter Seven: Do We Dare Disturb the Universe? Young Adult Literature and Social Change: A ConclusionTeen Readers UniteThe Politics of ReadingYA Literature and Social ChangeBibliographyFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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