Transition and transgression : English young adult fiction in post-apartheid South Africa /

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Author / Creator:Inggs, Judith, author.
Imprint:[Cham] : Springer, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:SpringerBriefs in education
SpringerBriefs in education.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11250834
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ISBN:9783319255347
3319255347
3319255320
9783319255323
9783319255323
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 11, 2015).
Summary:This book conveys the story of a society in the throes of restructuring itself and struggling to find a new identity. A particularly attractive aspect of this study is the focus on young adult literature and its place in post-apartheid South Africa, as well as its potential use in the classroom and lecture hall. Intersecting these two topics provides a compelling lens for refocusing debate on young adult fiction while offering a new and novel angle on debates in South Africa after the end of apartheid. The multilingual and multicultural South African society has resulted in fiction that differs from other parts of the English-speaking world. This work presents a holistic critique of South African young adult fiction and addresses issues such as change and transformation, identity politics, sexuality, and the issue of the right of white writers to represent and "write" characters of different races.
Other form:Print version: Inggs, Judith. Transition and Transgression : English Young Adult Fiction in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2015 9783319255323
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-25534-7