{"product_id":"female-heroes-in-young-adult-fantasy-fiction-reframing-myths-of-adolescent-girlhood-paperback","title":"Female Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: Reframing Myths of Adolescent Girlhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeah Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaire Nally\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAngela Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heroic romance is one of the West's most enduring narratives, found everywhere, from religion and myth to blockbuster films and young adult literature. Within this story, adolescent girls are not, and cannot be, the heroes. They are, at best, the hero's bride, a prize he wins for slaying monsters. Crucially, although the girl's exclusion from heroic selfhood affects all girls, it does not do so equally- whiteness and able-bodiedness are taken as markers of heightened, fantasy femininity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFemale Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the young female-heroes of mythopoeic YA, a Tolkienian-inspired genre drawing on myth's world-creating power and YA's liminal potential, disrupt the conventional heroic narrative. These heroes, such as Tamora Pierce's Alanna the Lioness, Daine the Wildmage, and Marissa Meyer's Cinder and Iko, offer a model of being-hero, an embodied way of living and being in this world that disrupts the typical hero's violent hierarchy, isolating individuality, and erasure of difference. In doing so, they push the boundaries of what it means to be a hero, a girl, and even human.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeah Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in English at Plymouth Marjon University, UK. She is the Programme Lead for the BA English and MA Literature for Children and Young Adults and is the President and Founder of the YA Studies Association (YASA).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837910507717,"sku":"9781350194236","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/b4RoVk-J3Q9781350194236.webp?v=1771289393","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/female-heroes-in-young-adult-fantasy-fiction-reframing-myths-of-adolescent-girlhood-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}