Title Feminist perspectives on gender ideology in recent young adult literature / by Joanna Harris

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009

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Description [iii], 291 leaves ; 30 cm Summary This study of gender in young adult literature examined a range of recently published texts in both the fantasy and realist genres and determined that narrative discourse contests the dominant patriarchal paradigm most sucessfully when female protagonists enact a trickster role Notes Submitted to the School of Communication and Creative Arts of the Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 274-291) Subject Young adult fiction -- History and criticism. Gender identity in literature -- History and criticism. Ideology in literature. Feminist literary criticism. Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts and Education. Deakin University. School of Communication and Creative Arts.

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