Sarah Hentges

Teaching Girls on Fire

Essays on Dystopian Young Adult Literature in the Classroom
Herausgeber: Connors, Sean P

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Produktbeschreibung

The rise of YA dystopian literature has seen an explosion of female protagonists who are stirring young people's interest in social and political topics, awakening their civic imagination, and inspiring them to work for change. These "Girls on Fire" are intersectional and multidimensional characters. They are leaders in their communities and they challenge injustice and limited representations. The Girl on Fire fights for herself and for those who are oppressed, voiceless, or powerless. She is the hope for our shared future. This collection of new essays brings together teachers and students from a variety of educational contexts to explore how to harness the cultural power of the Girl on Fire as we educate real-world students. Each essay provides both theoretical foundations as well as practical, hands-on teaching tools that can be used with diverse groups of students, in formal as well as informal educational settings. This volume challenges readers to realize the symbolic power the Girl on Fire has to raise consciousness and inform action and to keep that fire burning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781476679297
• ISBN-10: 1476679290
• Artikelnr.: 60498414

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Girls on Fire: "Off the Page and Into the World" (Sean P.
Connors and Sarah Hentges)
Part One: Exploring New Ground for Girls on Fire Athletic Girls on Fire:
Representations of the Female Athlete in The Hunger Games and
Sports-Related Media (Wendy J. Glenn)
From Girls on Fire to Historical Bad Girls: A Framework for Critiquing
Postfeminism and Neoliberalism in YA Literature (Sean P. Connors and
Lissette Lopez Szwydky)
Teaching Feminisms: Triumphs and Failures in The Hunger
Games Trilogy (Roberta Seelinger Trites)
Part Two: #MeToo: Sexual Realities, Activism and Empowerment
Young Adult Literature and Girls on Fire as Fuel for Teaching the #MeToo
Movement (Arianna Banack, Caitlin Metheny and Amanda Rigell)
Say Something, Do Something: Creating Allies and Agents
Through The Nowhere Girls on Fire (Katie Sluiter and Gretchen Rumohr)
Troubling Girls on Fire in Young Adult Literature: A Critical
Examination of Systemic Violence and Sexual Trauma in Asking for
(Kate Lechtenberg, Jenna Spiering, Amanda Haertling Thein and Nicole Ann
Amato)
Part Three: The Girl on Fire in the University Classroom On Teaching Girls
Who Want to Burn: The Problems and Possibilities of Feminist Education
(Tessa Pyles)
It Starts with a Book: An Exemplary "Girl on Fire" and Her Undergraduate
Thesis on Racial Social Justice (Katie Rybakova and Sydni Collier)
Teaching Octavia Butler's Diverse Body of Speculative Fiction:
Genre, Race and the Radical Imaginary (Bryan Yazell)
Teaching/Learning YA Dystopia's Girls on Fire in Denmark's
Educational System and International Community (Sarah Hentges, Elaine Brum,
Petra Ilic and Romaine Berry)
Conclusion: "[Girls on Fire]: Tear This Wall Down!"
International and Imaginative Contexts for Teaching Girls on Fire (Sarah
Hentges)
About the Contributors
Index