Author:
Pulliam, June Michele.
ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Description198 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Subversive spirits: resistance and the uncanny in the young adult ghost story -- Blood and bitches: sexual politics and the female lycanthrope in young adult fiction -- "An ye harm none, do as ye will": magic, gender and agency in young adult narratives of witchcraft -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Note:"This book examines three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction and considers what each has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires in conformity with contemporary ideas about what it means to be a good woman."-- Provided by publisher.
