Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)

by KathrynJames (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $225.10

  Shows how representations of death in young adult literature are invariably associated with issues of sexuality, gender, and power. This book reveals how cultural discourses influence and are influenced by literary works, but how relevant the study of death is to adolescent fiction - the literature of 'becoming'.