Girls on Fire

Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature

Sarah Hentges (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

290 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9928-1 (ISBN)

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Ignoring or minimizing the roles that girls and women play in the present and the future (and the past) is no longer an option. In Girls on Fire, Sarah Hentges argues that American traditions of dystopia should look to girls and women in fiction - and in the world - for inspiration toward progressive transformation in the future.

Under the threat of climate change, corruption, inequality and injustice, Americans may feel they are living in a dystopian novel come to life. 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 (YA) dystopian fiction featuring female protagonists--the Girls on Fire who inspire progressive transformation for the future.

Sarah Hentges is an associate professor of American studies at the University of Maine at Augusta. She also teaches women’s and gender studies and maintains a blog and website at www.cultureandmovement.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Girls on Fire

Part I: Excavating Theories and Legacies

One. Interdisciplinarity and Intersectionality: Modeling the Complex World

Two. Shaping Dystopic Literature as Young Adult, Feminist and Critical

Three. Girls’ Studies and Popular Culture: Segregated Feminisms

Interlude—Fangirling:

A Passion for YA Dystopia delete

Part II: Excavating Fiction, Imagination and Application

Four. Contemporary Dystopia: Living the Future

Five. Themes, Patterns, Trends and Transgressions

Six. Othered Girls Toward Intersectional Futures

Seven. Off the Page and Into the World

Conclusion: Utopian Visions for Dystopian Realities

Appendix 1: Girls on Fire Books

Appendix 2: Something Like a Rating System

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2018
Zusatzinfo	15 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7864-9928-1 / 0786499281
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9928-1 / 9780786499281
Zustand	Neuware