Date of Presentation
11-2017
Name of Conference
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE
Date of Conference
11-2017
Location of Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Department
English
Abstract
Presenter Two will share new research on young adult literature which features characters with mental illness. She will describe strategies for using texts such as Your Voice is All I Hear (2015), Thirteen Reasons Why (2007), and The Impossible Knife of Memory (2014) to analyze and critique representations of mental illness in young adult literature. Drawing on research by Koss & Teale (2009) and Richmond (2014), this presenter will help session attendees interrogate “the power of language choices” and “become empowered to confront the stigma associated with mental illness and confront bullying” (p. 24).
Recommended Citation
Olan, Elsie L.; Farkas, Wendy; and Richmond, Kia Jane, "Disrupting Notions of Stigma while Empowering Voices: Examining Language Identity, Mental Illness, and Disability through Young Adult Literature" (2017). Conference Presentations. 174.
https://commons.nmu.edu/facwork_conferencepresentations/174
Included in
American Literature Commons, Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Secondary Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons