Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Literature - Imaginary Activism

This book is a study of the evolving relationships between literature, cyberspace, and young adults in the twenty-first century. Megan L. Musgrave explores the ways that young adult fiction is becoming a platform for a public conversation about the great benefits and terrible risks of our increasing dependence upon technology in public and private life. Drawing from theories of digital citizenship and posthuman theory, Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First Century Young Adult Literature considers how the imaginary forms of activism depicted in literature can prompt young people to shape their identities and choices as citizens in a digital culture

Sommario

Introduction.- Cyborg Bodies in Illness and Disability Narratives.- Cyborg Minds at Play in Participatory Cultures, or, Going Public in Private.- Gamer Guys: Playing with Civic Responsibility in Ludic Fiction.- Gamer Girls: Going Online in the Age of Misogynist Terrorism.- Imaginary Activism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index

Info autore

Megan L. Musgrave is Assistant Professor of English in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, USA.

Riassunto

This book is a study of the evolving relationships between literature, cyberspace, and young adults in the twenty-first century. Megan L. Musgrave explores the ways that young adult fiction is becoming a platform for a public conversation about the great benefits and terrible risks of our increasing dependence upon technology in public and private life. Drawing from theories of digital citizenship and posthuman theory, Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First Century Young Adult Literature considers how the imaginary forms of activism depicted in literature can prompt young people to shape their identities and choices as citizens in a digital culture

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Megan L Musgrave, Megan L. Musgrave
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781349956401
• ISBN: 978-1-349-95640-1
• Pagine: 230
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Peso: 349 g
• Illustrazioni: XXXII, 230 p.
• Serie: Critical Approaches to Childre; Critical Approaches to Childre; Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; B, Contemporary Literature, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature: history & criticism, North America (USA and Canada), Literature and Technology, Literature and Technology/Media, Technology in literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature, Modern—21st century, America—Literatures, North American Literature, Children's Literature, Children’s & teenage literature studies: general