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Queer anxieties of young adult literature and culture / Derritt Mason.

Author/creator Mason, Derritt author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Descriptionix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Series Children's Literature Association series
Children's Literature Association series. ^A1145039
Contents Introduction: Notes on an anxious genre : queer young adult literature and culture -- Visibility : growing sideways in I'll get there. It better be worth the trip. -- Risk : the queer pedagogy of The man without a face -- HIV/AIDS : playing with failure in Caper in the Castro and Two boys kissing -- Dystopia : queer sex and the unbearable in Grasshopper jungle -- Horror and camp : monsters and wizards and ghosts (oh my!) in Big mouth -- Getting better : children's literature theory and the It Gets Better Project -- Not getting better : sex and self-harm in It Gets Better/Glee fanfiction -- Conclusion: Immaturity : reflections on the "great (queer) YA debate".
Abstract "Young adult literature featuring LGBTQ+ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new forms of longstanding cultural anxieties about adolescent sexuality. What makes for a good “coming out”�(آٱٰ”ُْ؟�ى�كٌٌَمْفٱمل�م�مْمِْٱمَٰفٰى�هََُُ�ممٌُِ&#٬٢٠١٩؛ٱ�ملىف�مفكو�لمٌُٱكمَٰٱ�وم�ىهوٰ�مٱٱٱَُ�لَ�م�مٌِ�مْمٱَ�ى�مٰٰم،ْ�فىِِم�ىْ�ٱ؟�وفٰ�ن�ومٱم�ٰىُْمٱ�ف�هٍُْ�ممٌُِ�ٱَٰمفل�ن�مىٌِهَ�وم؟ٍ�مَ�٬َْىمٰىمٱ�ن�هُ�ل�ٰ�ىٰمفْٰ�م�لَ�ٰ�م،�مىْْٰٰ�فٱ�ٱََُُىلمٱْ�ومٱم�ٱٰىٱَُ�و�وُْ�فهَم�ن�فُِ�مْلىف،�كَ�ىٌهَ�ٱَٱُْٰمٍَٰ�ن�هُ�ل�ٰ�ٱًُُ؛�فمِ�وَْم�فٱٰ،ُْ�وم�ىٱْٰ-م�مْ�ىْلم�فُمٍ؛�ىٌَمَ�ف�ىٍٍَُٰىمٱ؛�لَ�فُِ�مْمٌ�ٱى�مَُىْمٱ�مٌم�لَ�ىه�وُ.�فٱ�هَُْ�ٱ�وممٍٱ�وفٰ�ممَفْٰم�وم�ٱُٰ�٬َىمٰ”�ق�لُمٌُٱكمَٰ�ٰ�م&#٬٢٠١٤؛�مّ�ىْٱىقىىٌٰ”،�ىٱ�فًىًهَ،�ةض/ءةؤس،�”ٱٰىُِف�لَ�،ُُْْْ�لَ�وم�ىٍُْٱم�وفٰ�(٣“It Gets Better”�(آفلَ�وم�ومْفٰ�وفٰ�ٰ�ىهوٰ�ُٰ&#٬٢٠١٤؛كوفمٌٌهَم�ٱ�مُٰوى�مًَُفل�لَ�هَفهم�ىٰو�هُ�ممٌُِ&#٬٢٠١٩؛ٱ�ملىف.�ٱَٰمفل�ن�فٍهىىَهَ�م�هُْ�ل�ٰ�ىٰمفْٰ�م�ٱ�هممَْ�منىمَل�”�ٰٱ�ىٱىق”ٌ�م�وْففْكٰمٱْ،�فٱ�ٱَُُُِْمٱ�وفٰ�م�مم�(٣“queer YA”�(آفٱ�لُ”�ن�فْٱَمٍلىف�م٬ٰٱ�ىٰو�”ٌْ�لُفىْمٱ،�مَ�وفٰ�وُممْٱ�لُْ�ننمكٰ&#٬٢٠١٤؛ٱمِكىنىكف”ٌٌ،�٬َىمٰ”&#٬٢٠١٤؛ىٱَٰمفل�ن�َُٰمَٰ."--ذ�ىٌٱوم'ْٱ�مٱكىِْٰى.َُ
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.
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