{"title":"Alison Waller","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlison Waller’s works delve into the rich interplay between imagination and cultural expression, often exploring themes of adolescence through the lens of fantastic realism. Her writing illuminates the ways in which artistic narratives shape our understanding of identity and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find her books thought-provoking and insightful, offering a compelling blend of critical analysis and creative exploration. Alison Waller invites you to reconsider familiar stories with a fresh, imaginative perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"constructing-adolescence-in-fantastic-realism-by-alison-waller-9780415958325","title":"Constructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism\u003c\/em\u003e examines those fundamental themes which inform our understanding of \"the teenager\"—themes that emerge in both literary and cultural contexts. Models of adolescence do not arise solely from discourses of psychology, sociology, and education. Rather, these models—frameworks including developmentalism, identity formation, social agency, and subjectivity in cultural space—can also be found represented symbolically in fantastic tropes such as metamorphosis, time-slip, hauntings, doppelgangers, invisibility, magic gifts, and witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the incredible, supernatural, and magical elements that invade the everyday and diurnal world of fantastic realism. In this original study, Alison Waller proposes a new critical term to categorize a popular and established genre in literature for teenagers: young adult fantastic realism. Though fantastic realism plays a crucial part in the short history of young adult literature, up until now this genre has typically been overlooked or subsumed into the wider class of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTouching on well-known authors including Robert Cormier, Melvin Burgess, Gillian Cross, Margaret Mahy, K.M. Peyton and Robert Westall, as well as previously unexamined writers, Waller explores the themes and ideological perspectives embedded in fantastic realist novels in order to ask whether parallel realities and fantastic identities produce forms of adolescence that are dynamic and subversive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the first studies to deal with late twentieth-century fantastic literature for young adults, this book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of adult attitudes toward adolescent identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605261992172,"sku":"9780415958325","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415958325-constructing-adolescence-in-fantastic-realism.jpg?v=1778129573"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/alison-waller.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}