scholarly journals Narrative Matters: ‘The third space’ in adolescent and young adult fiction

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-232
Author(s):  
Jean Webb
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
The Third

HYBRIDITY, THIRD SPACES AND IDENTITIES IN URSULA LE GUIN’s VOICES

Mousaion ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Fiona Covarr
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Adolescent Readers ◽  
Western Shore ◽  
Third Spaces ◽  
University City

This article explores ideas of identity in relation to a young adult fantasy novel, Voices (2006), the second novel in Ursula Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore series. Voices is set in a university city, Ansul, which has been invaded by the Alds. Nine-year old Memer Galva is an Ansul citizen who results from her mother being raped by an Ald soldier. She thus has a hybrid identity, since she is neither fully Ansulian nor Ald, and must learn to integrate with the Alds. Memer’s identity is examined in relation to Bhabha’s (1994) concept of hybridity and the third space in his postcolonial work. Hybridity is the adaptation of identity to an individual’s social/political environment by either combining or rejecting elements of the cultures which constitute it. A third space is one occupied by an oppressed/colonised people which is neither central to their culture nor to their oppressors’/colonisers’ culture, but which aids them to negotiate the two. By negotiating various ‘spaces’ in their respective environments, the Ansuls are able to ‘hybridise’ themselves, and ultimately ‘outwit’ or overcome the Alds. Annals of the Western Shore is aimed at adolescent readers who occupy a ‘hybrid’ or liminal identity, being neither children nor adults. They must learn to adapt to and integrate with society as they become adults. Concepts of integration and identity are also relevant to South Africa, where there has been a need for hybridisation and movements into third spaces in order for its inhabitants to better adapt to the socio-political changes experienced in the country.

Transgressing Boundaries? Romance, Power and Sexuality in Contemporary South African English Young Adult Fiction

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Inggs
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
South African ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Adolescent Sexuality ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
The Third

Although sexuality is now regarded as one of the dominant ways of representing access to power in young adult fictions, adolescent sexuality, and even teenage romance, has remained relatively unexplored in South African examples of the genre. Works that do depict sexual relationships have generally worked to deliver didactic warnings of the potential dangers of engaging in any form of sexual activity. This article explores and examines whether, and how, adolescent sexuality is depicted and portrayed in contemporary South African young adult fiction written in English. The focus is on a range of works published during the years of the transition to democracy in South Africa, beginning in 1989. The article posits three broad categories of the genre, and concludes that the third of these at last gives evidence of a welcome move towards more openness and innovation.

Interpersonal pathoplasticity and trajectories of change in routine adolescent and young adult residential substance abuse treatment.

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
pp. 676-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Boswell ◽  
Nicole M. Cain ◽  
Jennifer M. Oswald ◽  
Andrew A. McAleavey ◽  
Robert Adelman
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Trajectories Of Change ◽  
Abuse Treatment

Fourteen- and Six-Per-Second Positive Spikes in Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatric Patients and Their Siblings

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Pollack ◽  
Robert Jaffe ◽  
Margaret G. Woerner ◽  
Donald F. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult

Clinical observations in the treatment of adolescent and young adult PCP abusers.

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Fram ◽  
Nancy Stone
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Clinical Observations

Fear of Recurrence in Late Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalnim Cho ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Alexis Berglund ◽  
Jack Olexovitch ◽  
Alexandra Snavely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Fear Of Recurrence ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Young Adult Survivors
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