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Texts of desire : essays on fiction, femininity, and schooling
- Title
- Texts of desire : essays on fiction, femininity, and schooling / edited by Linda K. Christian-Smith.
- Publication
- London ; Washington, DC : Falmer Press, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PS374.G55 T48 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Christian-Smith, Linda K.
- Description
- xv, 180 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Critical perspectives on literacy and education
- Uniform Title
- Critical perspectives on literacy and education.
- Subject
- Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism
- Girls in literature
- Young adult fiction, Australian > History and criticism
- Teenage girls > Books and reading > Australia
- Femininity in literature
- Romance fiction > History and criticism
- Desire in literature
- Daughters in literature
- Daughters in literature
- Desire in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Girls in literature
- Romance-language fiction
- Teenage girls > Books and reading
- Young adult fiction, American
- Young adult fiction, Australian
- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature
- Amour > Dans la littérature
- féminité > littérature pour la jeunesse > études diverses
- femme > littérature pour la jeunesse > études diverses
- désir > littérature pour la jeunesse > études diverses
- Australia
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Constituting and Reconstituting Desire: Fiction, Fantasy and Femininity / Linda K. Christian-Smith -- Ch. 2. Retailing Gender: Adolescent Book Clubs in Australian Schools / Dianne Cooper -- Ch. 3. Girls and Reading: The Desire for Agency and the Horror of Helplessness in Fictional Encounters / Meredith Rogers Cherland and Carole Edelsky -- Ch. 4. Sweet Dreams: Gender and Desire in Teen Romance Novels / Linda K. Christian-Smith -- Ch. 5. Dolly Fictions: Teen Romance Down Under / Pam Gilbert -- Ch. 6. Reading the Romance Younger: The Mirrors and Fears of a Preparatory Literature / John Willinsky and R. Mark Hunniford -- Ch. 7. The Place for Romance in Young People's Writing / Gemma Moss -- Ch. 8. Transforming the Texts: Towards A Feminist Classroom Practice / Sandra Taylor -- Ch. 9. Beyond Dualism and Towards Multiple Subjectivities / Bronwyn Davies.
- ISBN
- 0750700033
- 9780750700030
- 0750700041
- 9780750700047
- LCCN
- 92040175
- OCLC
- ocm27067893
- 27067893
- SCSB-2012707
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library