Girls on fire : transformative heroines in young adult dystopian literature /
Like many American narratives, dystopian stories often focus on males as the agents of social change. With a focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and power, the author analyzes the themes, issues and characters in young adult dystopian fiction featuring female protagonists, t...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: girls on fire
- Excavating theories and legacies. Interdisciplinarity and intersectionality: modeling the complex world
- Shaping dystopic literature as young adult, feminist and critical
- Segregated feminisms: girls' studies and popular culture
- Interlude: fangirling: a passion for ya dystopia
- Excavating fiction, imagination, and application. Contemporary dystopia: living the future
- Themes, patterns, trends and transgressions
- Othered girls toward intersectional futures
- Off the page and into the world
- Conclusion: utopian visions for dystopian realities.