Forever Young

Essays on Young Adult Fictions

Chris Richards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2008 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-9718-1 (ISBN)

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This book explores ‘young adult’ fictions – stories about being young, staying young and sometimes never wanting to grow up. Looking at controversial novels by Francesca Lia Block, at sex and ‘race’ in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and at the online world of fans and censors, Chris Richards argues that attempts to classify and regulate what counts as ‘young adult’ have failed, and shows how youth – as intense, exciting and tormented – draws audiences unconstrained by age. Throughout the book, the narratives of life as lived by the young emerge as the stuff of the ‘self’ – made and remade in reading, watching and listening. Fascinating and accessible, Forever Young will be of particular interest to students and teachers concerned with contemporary popular culture in cultural, media, literature and education studies courses.

The Author: Chris Richards is Reader in Education at London Metropolitan University. He has a Ph.D. in media education from the University of London, and is the author of Teen Spirits: Music and Identity in Media Education (1998).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.9.2008
Reihe/Serie	Intersections in Communications and Culture ; 20
	Intersections in Communications and Culture ; 20
	Intersections in Communications and Culture ; 20
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	0-8204-9718-5 / 0820497185
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-9718-1 / 9780820497181
Zustand	Neuware