Fictions of Adolescent Carnality

Fictions of Adolescent Carnality
Author :
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 248
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789027272041
ISBN-13 : 9027272042
Rating : 4/5 (042 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fictions of Adolescent Carnality by : Lydia Kokkola

Download or read book Fictions of Adolescent Carnality written by Lydia Kokkola and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictions of Adolescent Carnality considers one of the most controversial topics related to adolescents: their experience of desire. In fiction for adolescents, carnal desire is variously presented as a source of angst, an overwhelming experience over which one has no control, bestial, disgusting and, just occasionally, a source of pleasure. The on-set of desire, within the Anglophone tradition, has been closely associated with the loss of innocence and the end of childhood. Drawing on a corpus of 200 narratives of adolescent desire, Kokkola examines the connections between sociological accounts of teenagers’ sexual behaviour, adult fears for and about their off-spring and fictional representations of adolescents exploring their sexuality. Taking up topics such as adolescent pregnancy and parenthood, queer sexualities, animal-human connections and sexual abuse, Kokkola provides wide-ranging insights into how Anglophone literature responds to adolescents’ carnal desires, and contributes to on-going debates on the construction of adolescence and the ideology of innocence.


Fictions of Adolescent Carnality Related Books

Fictions of Adolescent Carnality
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Lydia Kokkola
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-03 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

GET EBOOK

Fictions of Adolescent Carnality considers one of the most controversial topics related to adolescents: their experience of desire. In fiction for adolescents,
Girls in Contemporary Vampire Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-08 - Publisher: Springer Nature

GET EBOOK

This book explores the narratives of girlhood in contemporary YA vampire fiction, bringing into the spotlight the genre’s radical, ambivalent, and contradicto
Translation
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Jan Steyn
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-09-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

The various dimensions of translation studies, too often studied independently, are here brought into conversation: Translation practice, including the various
Exploring Teachers in Fiction and Film
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Melanie Shoffner
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-31 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

This book about teachers as characters in popular media examines what can be learned from fictional teachers for the purposes of educating real teachers. Its ai
Gender(ed) Identities
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Tricia Clasen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-25 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

GET EBOOK

This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children's and young adult literature. It complements