{"product_id":"beyond-the-blockbusters-themes-and-trends-in-contemporary-young-adult-fiction-paperback","title":"Beyond the Blockbusters: Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebekah Fitzsimmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCasey Alane Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Megan Brown, Jill Coste, Sara K. Day, Rachel Dean-Ruzicka, Rebekah Fitzsimmons, Amber Gray, Roxanne Harde, Tom Jesse, Heidi Jones, Kaylee Jangula Mootz, Leah Phillips, Rachel L. Rickard Rebellino, S. R. Toliver, Jason Vanfosson, Sarah E. Whitney, and Casey Alane Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile critical and popular attention afforded to twenty-first-century young adult literature has exponentially increased in recent years, classroom materials and scholarship have remained static in focus and slight in scope. Twilight, The Hunger Games, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Hate U Give overwhelm conversations among scholars and critics--but these are far from the only texts in need of analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Blockbusters: Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction offers a necessary remedy to this limiting perspective, bringing together essays about the many subgenres, themes, and character types that have until now been overlooked. The collection tackles a diverse range of topics--modern updates to the marriage plot; fairy tale retellings in dystopian settings; stories of extrajudicial police killings and racial justice. The approaches are united, though, by a commitment to exploring the large-scale generic and theoretical structures at work in each set of texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a collection, Beyond the Blockbusters is an exciting entryway into a field that continues to grow and change even as its works captivate massive audiences. It will prove a crucial addition to the library of any scholar or instructor of young adult literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebekah Fitzsimmons\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant teaching professor in the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University. \u003cb\u003eCasey Alane Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at Francis Marion University and studies young adult literature, digital media, and popular culture. She is an author of young adult fiction under the name Casey Alane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42104545837191,"sku":"9781496827142","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6ff066fdf193fd7ae09f99f341978227.webp?v=1732425221","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beyond-the-blockbusters-themes-and-trends-in-contemporary-young-adult-fiction-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}