{"product_id":"race-in-young-adult-speculative-fiction-paperback","title":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeghan Gilbert-Hickey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMiranda A. Green-Barteet\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Children's Literature Association's 2023 Edited Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributions by Malin Alkestrand, Joshua Yu Burnett, Sean P. Connors, Jill Coste, Meghan Gilbert-Hickey, Miranda A. Green-Barteet, Sierra Hale, Kathryn Strong Hansen, Elizabeth Ho, Esther L. Jones, Sarah Olutola, Alex Polish, Zara Rix, Susan Tan, and Roberta Seelinger Trites \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace in Young Adult Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sustained analysis of race and representation in young adult speculative fiction (YASF). The collection considers how characters of color are represented in YASF, how they contribute to and participate in speculative worlds, how race affects or influences the structures of speculative worlds, and how race and racial ideologies are implicated in YASF. This collection also examines how race and racism are discussed in YASF or if, indeed, race and racism are discussed at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssays explore such notable and popular works as the \u003ci\u003eDivergent \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lunar Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eInfernal Devices\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy. They consider the effects of colorblind ideology and postracialism on YASF, a genre that is often seen as progressive in its representation of adolescent protagonists. Simply put, colorblindness silences those who believe--and whose experiences demonstrate--that race and racism do continue to matter. In examining how some YASF texts normalize many of our social structures and hierarchies, this collection examines how race and racism are represented in the genre and considers how hierarchies of race are reinscribed in some texts and transgressed in others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors point toward the potential of YASF to address and interrogate racial inequities in the contemporary West and beyond. They critique texts that fall short of this possibility, and they articulate ways in which readers and critics alike might nonetheless locate diversity within narratives. This is a collection troubled by the lingering emphasis on colorblindness in YASF, but it is also the work of scholars who love the genre and celebrate its progress toward inclusivity, and who further see in it an enduring future for intersectional identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeghan Gilbert-Hickey\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at Guttman Community College. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSouth Central Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Feather: An International Journal of Children in Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has also edited a special issue of \u003ci\u003eSouth Central Review\u003c\/i\u003e that unpacks the successes and the limitations of the #MeToo movement. \u003cb\u003eMiranda A. Green-Barteet\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Department of English and Writing at University of Western Ontario. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFemale Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReconsidering Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House and Beyond. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCanadian Review of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Central Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of African American Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703624331571,"sku":"9781496833822","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MDY0eXVuNzJsWXFYQTVDeWU0YXhWQT09.webp?v=1763334057","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/race-in-young-adult-speculative-fiction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}