Loretta M. Gaffney

Gebundenes Buch

Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism

Beschreibung

Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for proponents of teen literacy. It explains how YA literature has become a lightning rod for a variety of aesthetic, pedagogical, and popular literature controversies and illustrates why teachers and librarians have a stake in promoting and defending it. Noted scholar Loretta Gaffney not only examines how YA literature is defended and critiqued within the context of rapid cultural and technological changes, but also highlights how struggles about teen reading matter to—and matter in—the future of librarianship and education.

Autor

Loretta M. Gaffney has taught courses on intellectual freedom, reading research, young adult literature, and youth services librarianship for nearly a decade. A former middle school librarian at the University of Chicago Lab Schools, she defended her dissertation, "Intellectual Freedom and the Politics of Reading" in 2012. Loretta's current research projects include the politics of young adult literature, Common Core, and school librarians' knowledge. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781442264083
• ISBN-10: 144226408X
• Artikelnr.: 45801127