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OverviewA collection of essays on young adult Gothic fiction and what it reveals about our changing society. The contemporary resurgence of the Gothic in young adult fiction signals the anxieties and hopes of young people in the twenty-first century. The essays in this collection demonstrate how the shifting conception of adolescence as a liminal stage is mobilized through Gothic spaces and concepts. As the Gothic works to define what it means to be human—particularly in relation to gender, race, and identity—the volume also examines how contemporary shifts and flashpoints in identity politics are being negotiated under the metaphoric cloak of monstrosity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michelle Smith , Kristine MoruziPublisher: University of Wales Press Imprint: University of Wales Press ISBN: 9781786837509ISBN 10: 1786837501 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 15 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis collection is a valuable contribution to discussions of Gothic fiction for young people. Its innovative, engaging essays address the intersections of the Gothic with genre, youth culture, spatiality, textual consumption, gender, and considerations of what it is to be human. --Clare Bradford FAHA, Deakin University, Australia -- Clare Bradford FAHA, Deakin University, Australia * University of Wales * This timely volume traces the ways in which myriad anxieties of being on the verge of adulthood in contemporary culture are given form in young adult Gothic texts. Paying particular attention to how the genre traverses boundaries, it reimagines the relations between power and oppression for teen characters and readers through the deployment of humour and horror, creative and corrective revisions of traditional tales, and alternate understandings of monstrosity, space, gender, and other-than-human beings. --Karen Coats, Director of the Centre for Research in Children's Literature, University of Cambridge -- Karen Coats, Director of the Centre for Research in Children's Literature, University of Cambridge * University of Wales * Author InformationMichelle J. Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Kristine Moruzi is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |