Feminist perspectives on gender ideology in recent young adult literature

Harris, Joanna.

Feminist perspectives on gender ideology in recent young adult literature

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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00 authored by Joanna. Harris

This study of gender in young adult literature examined a range of recently published texts in both the fantasy and realist genres and determined that narrative discourse contests the dominant patriarchal paradigm most sucessfully when female protagonists enact a trickster role.

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eng

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2009.

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[iii], 291 leaves ; 30 cm.

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Ph.D.

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Faculty of Arts and Education

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School of Communication and Creative Arts

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Young adult fiction - History and criticism Gender identity in literature - History and criticism Ideology in literature Feminist literary criticism

Feminist perspectives on gender ideology in recent young adult literature

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