Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hentges, Sarah

Titel

Girls on fire : transformative heroines in young adult dystopian literature

Ort / Verlag

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Erscheinungsjahr

[2018]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and index
• Also issued online
• Introduction: girls on fire -- Excavating theories and legacies. Interdisciplinarity and intersectionality: modeling the complex world -- Shaping dystopic literature as young adult, feminist and critical -- Segregated feminisms: girls' studies and popular culture -- Interlude: fangirling: a passion for ya dystopia -- Excavating fiction, imagination, and application. Contemporary dystopia: living the future -- Themes, patterns, trends and transgressions -- Othered girls toward intersectional futures -- Off the page and into the world -- Conclusion: utopian visions for dystopian realities
• "Like many American narratives, dystopian stories often focus on males as the agents of social change.With a focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and power, the author analyzes the themes, issues and characters in young adult (YA) dystopian fiction featuring female protagonists--the Girls on Fire who inspire progressive transformation for the future"--