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Title:

(In)Visible presence : feminist counter-narratives of young adult literature by women of color / Traci P. Baxley and Genyne Henry Boston.

Publisher:

Sense Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vii, 141 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Young adult literature--Study and teaching.--Study and teaching.
Feminist literature--Study and teaching.

Other Authors:

Baxley, Traci P., editor.
Boston, Genyne Henry, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Invisibility -- Setting the stage of silience: Introduction -- Voicelessness: Theorizing the silence -- From silenced to voice: (Re)Naming and (Re)claiming -- Mothering from Women of Color's perspectives -- Always carry the lad: The presence of African American Motherhood in young adult literature -- Journey to the center: Exploring Motherhood, guardianship, and empowerment in Latina Young Adult literature -- Immigration/Nationhood/MIgrant experience -- Blending narratives, blending lives: Immigration, Desti(Nation), and identity in Latina Young Adult Literature -- Central power, new frontier: Female Supremacy, imagination and nationhood in contemporary Native American Young Adult Literature -- Work & Gender/Sexual Politics -- Will work for equality: Exploring African American Women's Identity, Labor, and Voice in American Workplace -- The power of talk-stories: Finding place and power in Asian American Young Adult Literature.

Summary:

Explores young adult (YA) novels written by women of color, while providing cultural and historical contexts for interpreting and analyzing their work through a feminist lens.

Series:

Transgressions: cultural studies and education ; TCSE 104

ISBN:

9789462096875
9462096872
9462096880
9789462096882

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883449470

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)