“Always Becoming”: Posthuman Subjectivity in Young Adult Fiction

  • Anah-Jayne Markland York University
Keywords: posthumanism, review

Abstract

Review of:

Tarr, Anita, and Donna R. White, editors. Posthumanism in Young Adult Fiction: Finding Humanity in a Posthuman World. UP of Mississippi, 2018.

 

DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2020.0014

Author Biography

Anah-Jayne Markland, York University

Dr. Anah-Jayne Markland graduated with her Ph.D. from York University in 2019. Her dissertation examined the relation of school space and student bodies, and how the two co-construct affective responses in school stories. She is currently working on an archival project on early Canadian and American children’s literature. Dr. Markland is currently an English Instructor at Red Deer College.

Cover image depicting a vintage set of Fry’s Fighting Soldiers: Sons of the Empire, featuring eight Canadian toy soldiers. (Title: Soldier Set / Ensemble de soldat , CWM/MCG 19860157-008, Canadian War Museum / Musée canadien de la guerre).
Published
2020-08-27
How to Cite
Markland, A.-J. (2020). “Always Becoming”: Posthuman Subjectivity in Young Adult Fiction. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 12(1), 208-214. Retrieved from http://jeunessejournal.ca/index.php/yptc/article/view/460
Issue
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020)
Section
Review Essays