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Life Narratives and Youth Culture: Representation, Agency and Participation
Kate Douglas
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Description for Life Narratives and Youth Culture: Representation, Agency and Participation
Hardback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 267 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
This book considers the largely under-recognised contribution that young writers have made to life writing genres such as memoir, letter writing and diaries, as well as their innovative use of independent and social media. The authors argue that these contributions have been historically silenced, subsumed within other literary genres, culturally marginalised or co-opted for political ends. Furthermore, the book considers how life narrative is an important means for youth agency and cultural participation. By engaging in private and public modes of self-representation, young people have contested public discourses around the representation of youth, including media, health and welfare, and legal ... Read more
This book considers the largely under-recognised contribution that young writers have made to life writing genres such as memoir, letter writing and diaries, as well as their innovative use of independent and social media. The authors argue that these contributions have been historically silenced, subsumed within other literary genres, culturally marginalised or co-opted for political ends. Furthermore, the book considers how life narrative is an important means for youth agency and cultural participation. By engaging in private and public modes of self-representation, young people have contested public discourses around the representation of youth, including media, health and welfare, and legal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Childhood and Youth
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137551160
SKU
V9781137551160
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Ref
99-15
About Kate Douglas
Anna Poletti is Associate Professor in English at Utrecht University, Netherlands and a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia. Kate Douglas is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Creative Arts at Flinders University, Australia.
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