Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity

Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity

This article examines the representation of asexuality and norms around sex and sexual orientation in contemporary English-language UK and US YA literature. In its multiplicity and radical potential for transforming regimes of compulsory sexuality, asexuality challenges the pervasive allosexual regi...

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Main Author: Patricia Kennon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fincham Press 2021-11-01
Series:International Journal of Young Adult Literature
Subjects:
asexuality
allonormativity
allosexual
compulsory sexuality
queer representation
tropes
Online Access:https://ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24877/IJYAL.41

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https://ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24877/IJYAL.41

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