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Highlights
- 'Voices From the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement' is an edited collection by Kimberly Greenfield Karshner (Lorain County Community College).
- Author(s): Kimberly Karshner
- 262 Pages
- Literary Criticism, General
- Series Name: Sociology
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Book Synopsis
'Voices From the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement' is an edited collection by Kimberly Greenfield Karshner (Lorain County Community College). This collection focuses on situating young adult voices in the #MeToo movement, and into American culture and identity. Children's and young adult literature is an area of study that has rapidly evolved in the past ten years, bringing previously silenced voices to light. This is especially true for YA LGBTQ+ voices, and also for young narrators who are not only discovering, celebrating, and coming to terms with their identities, but also dealing with assaults on their identities.
This collection will build on what writers like Laurie Halse Anderson have begun, first with her groundbreaking book on sexual assault, 'Speak', published in 1999, and more currently, her follow-up book, 'Shout' (2019). These authors continue what Anderson started, exploring texts from the perspectives of YA male and female voices, Native American and international perspectives, and LGBTQ+ character representation. Chapters investigate various literary forms such as graphic novels, memoirs, and novels, and cover topics such as sexual desire, consent, trauma, and survivorship. The literature featured in this volume will assure young people that they can tell their stories and that they will be heard.
'Voices From the Wreckage' will be a valuable tool for anyone who teaches Young Adult Literature, or for those who are avid readers and fans of the genre. The authors in this collection are starting and continuing very important conversations on the topic of sexual abuse and trauma, a conversation necessary for the intended audiences of these books, and for adult readers and teachers who are facilitating the emotions connected to these topics.
Review Quotes
"Voices From the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement" offers the reader ample scope for theoretical and practical reflection about the importance of YA literature as a source of safe spaces for young people to consider expressing their experiences of sexual trauma and to seek ways of healing from it. As the first study to focus on the connections between international YA literature and the #MeToo movement, it constitutes a major contribution to YA culture studies and will certainly appeal not only to an academic audience but also to librarians and educators.
Prof. Dr Hab. Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak
Institute of English Studies
University of Wroclaw, Poland
