Forever Young

Chris Richards

ISBN 10: 0820497185 / ISBN 13: 9780820497181

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Sep 2008, 2008

A propos de cet article

Neuware -This book explores ¿young adult¿ fictions ¿ stories about being young, staying young and sometimes never wanting to grow up. Looking at controversial novels by Francesca Lia Block, at sex and ¿race¿ in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and at the online world of fans and censors, Chris Richards argues that attempts to classify and regulate what counts as ¿young adult¿ have failed, and shows how youth ¿ as intense, exciting and tormented ¿ draws audiences unconstrained by age. Throughout the book, the narratives of life as lived by the young emerge as the stuff of the ¿self¿ ¿ made and remade in reading, watching and listening. Fascinating and accessible, Forever Young will be of particular interest to students and teachers concerned with contemporary popular culture in cultural, media, literature and education studies courses. 186 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Forever Young
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Sep 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0820497185
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780820497181
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 230 L x 160 H x 11 P (en millimètres) 230 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 11 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 295 grammes

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Synopsis

This book explores ‘young adult' fictions – stories about being young, staying young and sometimes never wanting to grow up. Looking at controversial novels by Francesca Lia Block, at sex and ‘race' in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and at the online world of fans and censors, Chris Richards argues that attempts to classify and regulate what counts as ‘young adult' have failed, and shows how youth – as intense, exciting and tormented – draws audiences unconstrained by age. Throughout the book, the narratives of life as lived by the young emerge as the stuff of the ‘self' – made and remade in reading, watching and listening. Fascinating and accessible, Forever Young will be of particular interest to students and teachers concerned with contemporary popular culture in cultural, media, literature and education studies courses.

À propos de l?auteur

The Author : Chris Richards is Reader in Education at London Metropolitan University. He has a Ph.D. in media education from the University of London, and is the author of Teen Spirits : Music and Identity in Media Education (1998).