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Author:
Morris, Vanessa Irvin.
Title:
The readers' advisory guide to street literature / Vanessa Irvin Morris ; foreword by Teri Woods.
Publisher:
American Library Association,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xxiii, 138 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Urban fiction, American--Bibliography.
Urban fiction, American--History and criticism.
Street life--Fiction--Bibliography.
Young adult fiction, American--Bibliography.
Readers' advisory services--United States.
Fiction in libraries.
Books and reading--United States.
Reading interests--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
It's like a movie in my head : street lit and its appeal to readers -- From Moll Flanders to The coldest winter ever : a historical timeline of street lit -- The streets are callin' : the street as a literary motif -- The diversity within street lit : themes and subgenres -- Street-lit readers' advisory : expanding on the patrons' expertise -- Toning it down : teen-friendly street lit -- Who put this book on the shelf? : street-lit collection development -- Characters outside the cover : who and what are we reading in the library? -- Hustlin' street lit : pushin' books and programs -- Epilogue: BEEF : bringin' extreme explanations to the forefont of street lit -- Street-literature publishers -- Works cited -- Literature cited.
Series:
ALA readers' advisory series
ISBN:
0838911102 (alk. paper)
9780838911105 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)704391718
LCCN:
2011029685
Locations:
IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

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