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Female empowerment--especially among girls--is one of the most significant issues to come out of the 90's, and one that will continue to play a significant role in the new millennium. But how do we define empowerment? And more importantly, how do we identify its characteristics within literature? With problems like teenage eating disorders and pregnancy still very much at the core of American society, it is no surprise that a book as important as Declarations of Independence is the latest addition to Scarecrow Press's Studies in Young Adult Literature. Authors Brown and St. Clair use their collective expertise to uncover and trace the development of the young female protagonist from the role of submissive fairy-tale maiden to the spunkier more independent girls who now appear with increasing frequency in young adult literature. This next generation of heroines is the model with which today's readers can readily identify and who the authors believe, become agents of social change for young women. Through careful research that draws on recent scholarship about female adolescent development, situates this shift to stronger female protagonists within a larger cultural context. The empowered girls of this title are defined through close reading of a variety of stories and genres in which they appear-historical and multicultural fiction, social realism, romance and adventure, fantasy, and memoir--with emphasis on books published after 1990. The result is a collection of essays on literature about adolescent girls who have real feelings, passions, and sometimes, rebellious attitudes, and who act upon those feelings, passions, and attitudes to take control of their lives--unlike most of their predecessors, whose fulfillment lay mainly in achieving beauty and suitors. With an annotated list of titles for suggested reading following each chapter Declarations of Independence is the ideal resource for middle and high school teachers, for school and public librarians, a
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
As societal expectations over time have changed to a more accepting view of women as independent, intelligent beings, so too has literature begun to reflect those changes. The authors use the term "empowered girls" to describe these new protagonists. There are discussions of young women in historical fiction, in the contemporary world, in fantasy, and in memoir. Chapters include analyses of novels and offer examples of female empowerment achieved in a variety of ways. Each chapter concludes with annotated suggestions for further reading. A bibliography cites the books mentioned throughout the text. A valuable exploration of the topic.-Dana McDougald, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Beginning with the submissive, passive female characters of folk and fairy tales, this study traces the history, growth, and development of female empowerment in young adult literature, focusing particularly on the feisty, autonomous, sometimes rebellious female protagonists of the last decade. The characters analyzed are quite diverse, taken from genres as varied as historical fiction, fantasy, and memoir, yet they all grapple with the similar issue of being female in a world that frequently imposes narrow expectations. In language that is both clear and cogent, the authors show how these strong female characters gain and manifest their newly acquired empowerment, which often entails an increase in self-confidence and the concomitant desire to uplift and empower those around them. A fascinating, illuminating study that would be a fine addition to all academic and large public libraries. --Sean Kinder
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Brown (Drake Univ.) and St. Clair (Simpson College) analyze the increased number of strong, independent, assertive females who have cropped up in young adult fiction in recent years and what they suggest about society's changing values. The authors argue that today's fictional girls take "culturally gendered scripts" and subject them to "significant revisions," concluding that "these struggles take a much different form and result in much different outcomes than those depicted in earlier young adult literature." After exploring the paucity of strong girl characters in earlier literature--including fairy and folk tales, sentimental novels, and early juvenile novels--Brown and St. Clair turn their attention to more recent literature, including such novels as Kathryn Lasky's Beyond the Divide (1983), Lynn Hall's The Leaving (1980), Karen Cushman's The Midwife's Apprentice (1995), Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust (1997), and Virginia Euwer Wolff's Make Lemonade (1993). Examining "historical fiction, contemporary realism, and literature of the fantastic," this book shows how these genres offer new images of girlhood for their readers. Anyone interested in girls' literature will find this an absorbing, thoughtful study, one that sheds new light on contemporary young adult literature and gender issues. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers and faculty; general readers. S. A. Inness Miami University
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Preface | p. xi |
1 That Was Then | p. 1 |
2 This Is Now | p. 25 |
3 Empowered Girls in Historical Fiction | p. 53 |
4 Empowered Girls in the Contemporary World | p. 81 |
5 Empowered Girls in Literature of the Fantastic | p. 127 |
6 Empowered Girls in Memoir | p. 151 |
7 Conclusion | p. 177 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 183 |
Index | p. 187 |
About the Authors | p. 194 |