The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004 (Studies in Young Adult Literature)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810850710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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They identify titles that are remarkable either for their excellence or failures, noting the stereotypic, wrongheaded, and outdated books as well as the accurate, thoughtful, and tactful titles. The Heart Has Its Reasons examines these issues and critically evaluates the body of literature published for young adults that offers homosexual themes and characters. Useful criteria for evaluating books with GLBTQ content are provided. An annotated bibliography and a number of author-title lists of books discussed in the text arranged by subject round out this valuable reference for teachers, librarians, parents, and young adults.. Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless o
E. Martin said Comprehensive overview of GLBTQ YA literature with thoughtful discussion. I purchased this book to use for my MA thesis on lesbian YA literature, and I can't say enough about how helpful a resource it is. The annotated bibliography alone is worth the price of the book.
Well organized and easy to read, Heart is a valuable, semi-scholarly reference for both collection development and research.—Amy S. Pattee, Simmons College, BostonCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . From School Library Journal This terrific and long-overdue resource chronicles the development of GLBTQ-themed young adult literature over time and intersperses critical commentary with annotated bibliographies of related fiction. All rights reserved. Cart and Jenkins use a three-part framework to describe the historical changes in content and the depiction of gays and lesbians in terms of what they call "homosexual visibility," "gay assimilation," and "queer consciousness/community." The authors take a historical approach and examine GLBTQ-th