Neoliberalism and young adult fiction : exceptionalism, exploitation, and erasure / Sean P. Connors and Roberta Seelinger Trites.
| Author/creator | Connors, Sean P. author. |
| Other author | Trites, Roberta Seelinger, 1962- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2025] |
| Description | xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Children's literature association series Children's Literature Association series. ^A1145039 |
| Contents | Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Self-enclosed individualism and the neoliberal tradition -- Chapter 2: Neoliberalism's logic of exploitation -- Chapter 3: US Neoliberalism and its racist origins -- Chapter 4: Racism in our neoliberal era -- Chapter 5: Resisting postfeminist thinking -- Chapter 6: Biopolitics and neoliberal erasure -- Chapter 7: Knowledge production and neoliberalism -- Chapter 8: Youth activism as a response to neoliberalism -- Notes -- Works cited -- index. |
| Abstract | "In the twenty-first century, the influence of neoliberalism, the belief that society benefits when both individuals and corporations are free to maximize their talents in the service of responding to social needs and problems, resonates through all domains of human life. And yet, little critical study has been given to the reproduction of a neoliberal social order in YA literature. Neoliberalism and Young Adult Fiction: Exceptionalism, Exploitation, and Erasure examines how some YA literature naturalizes neoliberalism in positioning teenagers as self-enclosed, competitive individuals. At the same time, however, the authors also examine other YA novels as potential sites of resistance that acknowledge teenagers' agency to reject neoliberalism's destructive impulses and to work for social justice and equality through collective action. With that in mind, the authors of Neoliberalism and Young Adult Fiction analyze such concepts as how the exceptionality of specific characters who embody neoliberal ideals leads to self-enclosed individualism and how environmental exploitation and consumerism lead to destructive effects. The book progresses to an in-depth examination of how racism undergirds US neoliberalism and environmental exploitation. From scrutinizing racism-and the rejection of neoliberalism inherent in the antiracism movement-the study turns to an examination of gender, specifically focusing on the relationship between sexism, exploitation, and embodied rejections of patriarchal thinking. Indeed, erasure is implicated in racism, sexism, and all forms of discrimination that are borne of exploitation. Finally, youth activism-with its rejection of neoliberal ideologies-leads to a culminating chapter about how global youth link YA literature to their protest movements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Connors, Sean P. Neoliberalism and young adult fiction Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2025 9781496855817 |
| LCCN | 2024052587 |
| ISBN | 9781496855800 |
| ISBN | 9781496855794 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1496855795 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1496855809 trade paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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