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African American Adolescent Female Heroes: The Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Neo-Slave Narrative

African American Adolescent Female Heroes: The Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Neo-Slave Narrative

Marotta, Melanie A.

Hardcover

Series: Children's Literature Association

Literary CriticismBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 1496844971
ISBN13: 9781496844972
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: Mar 10 2023
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young adult literature gained new traction, resulting in an influx of young adult speculative fiction featuring African American young women. While the #BlackGirlMagic movement inspired a wave of positive African American female heroes in young adult fiction, it is still important to acknowledge the history and legacy of enslavement in America and their impact on literature. Many of the depictions of young Black women in contemporary speculative fiction still rely on stereotypical representations rooted in American enslavement.

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