1. Introduction: Young Adults, Reading, and Young Adult Reading.- 2. Reading in School.- 3. Misreading the Classics: Gender, Genre, and Agency in YA Romance.- 4. “Dreaming Themselves into Existence”: Reading and Race.- 5. Magic, Prophetic, and Sacred Books: Making Communities of Readers.- 6. Reading, Resistance, and Political Agency.- 7. Epilogue: Reading Reading in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Elisabeth Rose Gruner teaches English at the University of Richmond, USA, where she has served as Director of the First-Year Seminar Program and Academic Advising Resource Center as well as Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences. Her research has been published in various journals and edited collections.
Ask a Question About this Product More... |