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Author Trites, Roberta Seelinger, 1962-

Title Disturbing the universe : power and repression in adolescent literature / by Roberta Seelinger Trites.

Publication Info. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 189 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index.
Contents ''Do I dare disturb the universe?'': Adolescent Literature in the Postmodern Era -- ''I don't know the words':' Institutional Discourses in Adolescent Literature -- ''Maybe that is writing, changing things around and disguising the for-real'': The Paradox of Authority in Adolescent Literature -- ''All of a sudden I came': Sex and Power in Adolescent Novels -- ''When I can control the focus'': Death and Narrative Resolution in Adolescent Literature -- Conclusion: The Poststructural Pedagogy of Adolescent Literature.
Summary The Young Adult novel is ordinarily characterized as a coming-of-age story, in which the narrative revolves around the individual growth and maturation of a character, but Roberta Trites expands this notion by chronicling the dynamics of power and repression that weave their way through YA books. Characters in these novels must learn to negotiate the levels of power that exist in the myriad social institutions within which they function, including family, church, government, and school.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American.
Adolescence in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.
Postmodernism (Literature)
United States.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Repression (Psychology) in literature.
Repression (Psychology) in literature.
Teenagers -- Books and reading.
Teenagers -- Books and reading.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Trites, Roberta Seelinger, 1962- Disturbing the universe. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2000 0877457328 (DLC) 00037422
ISBN 1587293331 (electronic book)
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9780877458579 (paperback)
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