1st Edition
Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction Queering Girlhood
By Iria Seijas-Pérez
Copyright 2025
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction is the first sustained critical analysis of the representation of sapphic adolescent protagonists in contemporary Irish Young Adult (YA) literature. Ten YA novels published between 2017 and 2023 by both well-established and emerging Irish female authors are examined, analysing sapphic characters to demonstrate how Irish YA literature can... Read more
Introduction 1. LGBTQ+ Young Adult Literature and the Queering of Irish Young Adult Narratives 2. Navigating the Catholic School 3. Facing Conflicts and Finding Support within Family and Friendships 4. Racialised Sapphic Girls in Contemporary Ireland 5. Islam, Queerness, and Westernisation 6. Witchcraft and Lesbianism 7. Haunted Sapphic Subjects
Biography
Iria Seijas-Pérez is is a member of the research project “Communitas/Immunitas” at the University of Vigo, Galicia, Spain.
