Is It Really Mommie Dearest?: Daughter-Mother Narratives in Young Adult Fiction

Employs feminist theories and insights from new discourses on female adolescence to analyze the discourses and cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in short stories marketed for young adults and published between 1965 and 1998. Included are daughter-mother narratives, African-American young adult novels, and narratives set in novels in other cultural contexts. Crew is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Educational Services at Kean University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hilary S. Crew is Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Educational Media Specialist Program in the Department of Communication Sciences at Kean University. Her education includes a B.A. from Thomas Edison College, and both an M.L.S. and Ph.D. in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University. Her research and publications are in the field of literature for youth and the school library media field.