Review: Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture by Derritt Mason

2025/01/01 by Carly Bennett · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Gender Studies in Language #Themes in Literature Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.70138/nzgx8282

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06

Abstract

In Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture, Derritt Mason uses multiple forms of queer young adult (YA) media as a lens through which to examine the intersection of queerness, youth, and anxiety. Mason’s compelling book is an evolutionary step in scholarship on queer young adult media, building on earlier works by Frances Hanckel

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