Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature
Book Details
Author(s)
Roberta S. Trites
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
ISBN / ASIN
087745857X
ISBN-13
9780877458579
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Sales Rank
#1,019,174
Category
Literary Criticism
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
The author expands the notion of the young adult novel as a coming-of-age story. She chronicles the dynamics of power and repression revealing that characters in these novels must learn to negotiate the levels of power that exist in the myriad social institution in which adolescents function.
