Non-normative Bodies, Queer Identities: Marginalizing Queer Girls in YA Dystopian Literature. Issue 1 (1st March 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Non-normative Bodies, Queer Identities: Marginalizing Queer Girls in YA Dystopian Literature. Issue 1 (1st March 2019)
- Main Title:
- Non-normative Bodies, Queer Identities
- Authors:
- Green-Barteet, Miranda A.
Coste, Jill - Abstract:
- Abstract : In this article we consider the absence of queer female protagonists in dystopian Young Adult (YA) fiction and examine how texts with queer protagonists rely on heteronormative frameworks. Often seen as progressive, dystopian YA fiction features rebellious teen girls resisting the restrictive norms of their societies, but it frequently sidelines queerness in favor of heteronormative romance for its predominantly white, able-bodied protagonists. We analyze The Scorpion Rules (2015) and Love in the Time of Global Warming (2013), both of which feature queer girl protagonists, and conclude that these texts ultimately marginalize that queerness. While they offer readers queer female protagonists, they also equate queerness with non-normative bodies and reaffirm heteronormativity. The rebellion of both protagonists effectively distances them from the queer agency they have developed throughout the narratives.
- Is Part Of:
- Girlhood studies. Volume 12:Issue 1(2019)
- Journal:
- Girlhood studies
- Issue:
- Volume 12:Issue 1(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 12, Issue 1 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0012-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 82
- Page End:
- 97
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-01
- Subjects:
- bisexuality -- LGBTQ adolescence -- post-apocalyptic fiction -- posthumanism -- rebellion
Girls -- Periodicals
Girls -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
Girls -- Social conditions -- Periodicals
Girls -- Education -- Periodicals
Girls -- Sexual behavior -- Periodicals
Girls -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals
Women's studies -- Periodicals
305.23082 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml ↗
- DOI:
- 10.3167/ghs.2019.120108 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1938-8209
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- Legaldeposit
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- 17112.xml