Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Contents:
Subversive spirits : resistance and the uncanny in the young adult ghost story -- Blood and bitches : sexual politics and the female lycanthrope in young adult fiction -- "An ye harm none, do as ye will" : magic, gender and agency in young adult narratives of witchcraft -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with contemporary ideas about what it means to be a good woman"-- Provided by publisher.
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