Popular appeal : books and films in contemporary youth culture / by Sharyn Pearce, Vivienne Muller and Lesley Hawkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Sharyn, author.

Muller, Vivienne, author.

Hawkes, Lesley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adult literature.

Adolescent psychology.

Young adult fiction.

Teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now is an opportune moment to consider the shifts in youth and popular culture that are signaled by texts that are being read and viewed by young people. In a world seemingly compromised by climate change, political and religious upheavals and economic irresponsibility, and at a time of fundamental social change, young people are devouring fictional texts that focus on the edges of identity, the points of transition and rupture, and the assumption of new and hybrid identities. This book draw...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-5431-X

OCLC:

869435721