Young adult literature, libraries, and conservative activism. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Loretta M. Gaffney.
• Authors: Gaffney, Loretta M, 1970-
• Contents: Chapter One: How to Read a Young Adult Novel: An Introduction ; ; What Is Young Adult Literature? ; Golden Age or Dark Age? Histories of Young Adult Literature ; Early and Foundational Young Adult Novels ; YA Goes to School: Young Adult Literature in the Academy ; The Politics of Reading: How to Read YA (And This Book) ; ; Chapter Two: Constructing the Teenaged Reader ; ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;">“These Kids Today”: Myths and Stereotypes about Contemporary Teenagers ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;">Reading in Theory ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;">Reading in Decline or <span style="font-style:italic;">Reading on the Rise ? ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;">Print and Digital Literacies ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;">The Politics of Research: Teens and Reading in the Cultural Crossfire ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt;"> ; Chapter Three: Tending the Fair Garden: Canon Formation and Aesthetic Approaches to Young Adult Literature ; ; Youth Services Librarianship and Literary Aesthetics ; Defending the Canon: Realism v. Fantasy ; The Rise of YA Librarianship: Defending Teens’ Freedom to Read ; ; Chapter Four: Bibliotherapy and the Problem Novel: Pedagogical Approaches to YA Literature ; ; The Rise of the New Realism ; The Problem with Problem Novels ; “Darkness Too Visible” ; Triggering the Real ; Conclusion ; ; Chapter Five: The Uses of Pleasure: Popular Literature and Young Adults ; ; Pleasure and Reading Motivation ; Libraries and Popular Literature ; Popular Literature, Dangerous Reading ; YA as Pop Literature ; Intellectual Freedom and Reading Research ; ; Chapter Six: “No Longer Safe”: Young Adult Literature and Conservative Library Activism ; The Rise of the Pro Family Movement and Conservative Library Activism ; Sexual Conservatives, Pornography, and Information ; The Trouble with Harry ; Lessons From West Bend ; ; Chapter Seven: Do We Dare Disturb the Universe? Young Adult Literature and Social Change: A Conclusion ; ; Teen Readers Unite ; The Politics of Reading ; YA Literature and Social Change ; ; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.89283; Young adult literature -- History and criticism; Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism; Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States; Young adults' libraries -- Book selection -- United States; Young adults' libraries -- Censorship -- United States; Challenged books -- United States; Education -- Political aspects -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781442264090
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