Understanding homosexual identities in modern young adult literature : an analysis of Rainbow Boys, Openly Straight, and Boy Meets Boy / by Justin Littlefield.
| Author/creator | Littlefield, Justin author. |
| Other author | Banks, William P. (William Paul), degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of English. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication | [Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2016. |
| Description | 70 pages |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Alex Sanchez, Bill Koningsberg, and David Levithan hold a large market share of the young adult (YA) literary genre that feature homosexual young men. These authors have written characters that use broad terms like masculine and gay to discuss their sexuality. When these authors use these terms, they are using them in a context that changes based on the time and culture in which they were written. When the characters use these terms to describe themselves, it becomes difficult to understand how they are describing their sexuality. This project explores how these characters use these terms to describe themselves and argues that setting can have a powerful impact on how identity formation takes place in homosexual characters. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of English. |
| General note | Advisor: William Banks. |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 5, 2016). |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2016. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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