Young adult literature, libraries, and conservative activism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gaffney, Loretta M., 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Series:	Beta Phi Mu scholars.
Subjects:	Young adult literature > History and criticism. Young adult literature, American > History and criticism. Teenagers > Books and reading > United States. Young adults' libraries > Book selection > United States. Young adults' libraries > Censorship > United States. Challenged books > United States. Education > Political aspects > United States. Conservatism > United States.

Table of Contents:

How to read a young adult novel : an introduction
Constructing the teenaged reader
Tending the fair garden : canon formation and aesthetic approaches to young adult literature
Bibliotherapy and the problem novel : pedagogical approaches to YA literature
The uses of pleasure : popular literature and young adults
No longer safe : young adult literature and conservative library activism
Do we dare disturb the universe? : young adult literature and social change : a conclusion.