The Feminist Quest: Reimagining the Relationship between Language, Gender, and Identity in The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008) by Patrick Ness

This article examines the ways in which contemporary young adult (YA) fantasy novels can create subversive spaces to question gender norms and ideologies that shape discourses. Contemporary YA fantasy novels, I argue, can draw attention to how language and gender are socially constructed and offer n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alice Penfold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fincham Press 2023-12-01
Series:International Journal of Young Adult Literature
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Online Access:https://ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24877/IJYAL.100