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Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults

by Balaka Basu

With its capacity to frighten and warn, dystopian writing powerfully engages with our pressing global concerns: liberty and self-determination, environmental destruction and looming catastrophe, questions of identity and justice, and the increasingly fragile boundaries between technology and the self.

Dystopias in literature
Author Balaka Basu
Published 2015
Format Print edition

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About Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults

With its capacity to frighten and warn, dystopian writing powerfully engages with our pressing global concerns: liberty and self-determination, environmental destruction and looming catastrophe, questions of identity and justice, and the increasingly fragile boundaries between technology and the self. This text enacts a lively debate about the goals and efficacy of dystopian fiction for young adults.

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