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HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels
Gross, Melissa R.; Goldsmith, Annette Y.; Carruth, Debi
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Description for HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Not long after becoming public health concerns in the 1980s, HIV and AIDS were featured in a number of works of fiction, though such titles were written primarily for adult readers. Mirroring the disease's indiscriminate nature, however, the subject would soon be incorporated into novels aimed at young adults. Despite a need for accessible information on the subject, it is difficult to identify fiction that contains material about HIV/AIDS, as these books are seldom catalogued for this content, nor is this content consistently acknowledged in published reviews. In HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels: An Annotated Bibliography, the authors address ... Read more
Not long after becoming public health concerns in the 1980s, HIV and AIDS were featured in a number of works of fiction, though such titles were written primarily for adult readers. Mirroring the disease's indiscriminate nature, however, the subject would soon be incorporated into novels aimed at young adults. Despite a need for accessible information on the subject, it is difficult to identify fiction that contains material about HIV/AIDS, as these books are seldom catalogued for this content, nor is this content consistently acknowledged in published reviews. In HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels: An Annotated Bibliography, the authors address ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810874435
SKU
V9780810874435
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About Gross, Melissa R.; Goldsmith, Annette Y.; Carruth, Debi
Melissa Gross is professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Florida State University. She is the author of Studying Children's Questions: Imposed and Self-Generated Information Seeking at School (Scarecrow, 2006) and coauthor of Dynamic Youth Services through Outcome Based Planning and Evaluation (2006). Annette Y. Goldsmith is the founding editor of The Looking Glass, an international ... Read more
Reviews for HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels
Gross, Goldsmith, and Carruth decided to research how young adult novels deal with HIV/AIDS. Using the following criteria: a main character in the young adult range (eleven to nineteen), at least one character who is either HIV positive or has AIDS, written in English, and published between 1981 and 2008, they found ninety-three young adult novels for their study. Each ... Read more