‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
With reference to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, this article explores the importance of destigmatizing the topic of mental illness among young people, and the potential that lies in working with young adult literature to meaningfully contribute towards such destigmatization efforts in our l...
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description | With reference to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, this article explores the importance of destigmatizing the topic of mental illness among young people, and the potential that lies in working with young adult literature to meaningfully contribute towards such destigmatization efforts in our language classrooms. |
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spelling | doaj.art-4543573f37d14266a3e4ac40c10160672022-12-22T01:39:19ZengCLELEjournalCLELEjournal2195-52122021-11-01923051‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult LiteratureAriane ManutscheriWith reference to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, this article explores the importance of destigmatizing the topic of mental illness among young people, and the potential that lies in working with young adult literature to meaningfully contribute towards such destigmatization efforts in our language classrooms.https://clelejournal.org/article-2-manutscheri/mental health representation; destigmatization; young adult literature; language classroom; john green; turtles all the way down |
spellingShingle | Ariane Manutscheri ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature CLELEjournal mental health representation; destigmatization; young adult literature; language classroom; john green; turtles all the way down |
title | ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature |
title_full | ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature |
title_fullStr | ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature |
title_short | ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature |
title_sort | your now is not your forever destigmatizing mental health through young adult literature |
topic | mental health representation; destigmatization; young adult literature; language classroom; john green; turtles all the way down |
url | https://clelejournal.org/article-2-manutscheri/ |
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