The Oxford handbook of young adult literature / edited by Victor Malo-Juvera, Crag Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malo-Juvera, Victor, editor.

Hill, Crag, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adult literature, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Handbook of young adult literature

Young adult literature

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Young adult literature has grown from its beginnings in the 1960s to become not only one of the most popular forms of literature in the United States, but also a major cultural influencer. 'The Oxford Handbook of Young Adult Literature' provides a comprehensive examination of young adult literature to date and features 39 essays that range from literary criticism to empirical studies and methodological essays. These essays cover the history of the genre and discussions around major subgenres, but also cover more focused subjects such as trauma, ecocriticism, and young adult literature related to oft-marginalized groups like African Americans, Indigenous groups, Arabic LGBTQ people, and individuals with disabilities. This handbook reaches beyond the text as well by examining fanfiction, censorship, and young adult literature in the classroom.

Contents:

Query successful A history of young adult literature / Chris Crowe

The coming-of-age narrative in young adult literature / Karen Coats

Critiquing neoliberal representations of government in young adult dystopian fiction / Sean P Connors

Afrofuturism's answer to armageddon: black speculation in the afterlife of slavery / S R Toliver

Non-normative girls in ya sci fi / Miranda A Green-Barteet

The ideologies of war in young adult literature / Jon Ostenson

Twenty-first century perspectives on young adult holocaust literature / Rachel Dean-Ruzicka

Changing the scripts: an overview of gender and romance in young adult literature / Tricia Clasen

The problem of presentism: an exploration of how ya historical fiction positions readers to understand the past / Kim Wilson

Youth truth: shifts, trends, and possibilities young adult nonfiction / Jason J Griffith

Trauma, distorted reality, and youth / Eric L Tribunella

Good grief: a hopeful look at some "sick lit" / Michelle M Falter

Connection, healing, and patriarchal disruption in a community of women responding to sexual violence / Wendy J Glenn

Intergenerational justice and young adult climate literature / Clare C Echterling

Digital media/social platforms and mental illness in young adult literature / Kia Jane Richmond and Elsie Lindy Olan

Dumbfoundings: pronouncing the mute protagonist in young adult novels / Nicole Markotić

Postsecular performativity in Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series / Carissa Turner Smith

The young adult verse novel: marching to its own beat / Melanie Hundley

Memory and nostalgia in young adult and new adult comics / Jason DeHart.

"This joy that I have": black joy as intentional, celebratory expressions of hope and expectations in black young adult literature / Shanetia P Clark

"Yearning to see themselves": latinx adolescents and storytelling scribes / R Joseph Rodríguez

Degollado's throw: nepantla, a new name, a new self / René Saldaña, Jr.

The prism effect in contemporary indigenous young adult fiction / Mandy Suhr-Sytsma and Celeste Trimble

To pass or not to pass as south asian: reinventing whiteness in south asian american young adult fiction / Ymitri Mathison

Stereotypes of black characters in south african youth fiction / Silindiwe Sibanda

Arabic young adult fiction: voices of resistance / Nadia El Kholy

The personal is political: challenging narratives of detention and asylum in australian adolescent fiction / Troy Potter

Developing a sense of belonging: young people with a migrant background in dutch young adult literature / Sara Van den Bossche and Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer

Celebrating 'afakasi identity for pasifika youth in Lani Wendt Young's Telesā universe / Caryn Kunz Lesuma

Queer young adult literature and the politics of (un)happiness / Angel Daniel Matos

Emerging subjects: trans young adult literature / Tom Sandercock

The social genres and networked practices of fan fiction writing / Alecia Marie Magnifico and others

Popular culture: the classically (white, male) treasured from page to screen to page / Ricki Ginsberg and Antero Garcia

The stories behind the stories: how the young adult publishing industry evolved from colonizing regulator to equity and inclusion champion / James Blasingame

Me me me me me: my life with ya awards, prizes, and best lists / Michael Cart

Fascism, censorship, and young adult literature / Lisa Scherff

A content analysis of research in young adult literature / Janine J Darragh and Ashley S Boyd

Adolescent voices, qualitative tensions, and ya literature: reimagining child-parent research for classroom co-inquiry / Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Mary Beth Schaefer

Mixed methods research with young adult literature: using the ontological imperative framework / Hannah R Gerber and Anthony J Onwuegbuzie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 24, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Oxford handbook of young adult literature.

ISBN:

9780191945540

0191945544

OCLC:

1577217782

Publisher Number:

CIPO000362423