Dystopia is an American Tradition and a present and future reality.
The signs that we are living in a dystopia have been clear for
decades. Climate change threatens our water, air, and land.
Corruption, inequality, and injustice in politics create a vast
divide between the rich and the poor. Racism, sexism, and
homophobia divide us and oppress individuals and groups. Violence
and incarceration threaten the bodies and lives of our most
vulnerable. The marginalized suffer, the privileged are unhappy,
and complacency and cynicism abound. In trying times, we look for
heroes, and American traditions of utopia and dystopia tend to do
what most traditions do-focus on men and boys as the movers and
shakers, the makers (and the destroyers), and as agents of social
change and the promise of the future. But times are changing and
The Hunger Games transformed the game spurring an explosion of
young adult (YA) dystopia that features female protagonists.
Ignoring or minimizing the roles that girls and women play in the
present and the future (and the past) is no longer an option. In
Girls on Fire, Sarah Hentges argues that American traditions of
dystopia should look to girls and women in fiction-and in the
world-for inspiration toward progressive transformation in the
future. She shows the ways that female protagonists act as "Girls
on Fire" and reveal the injustices of the present through the lens
of the future. Tracing patterns and themes and weaving together
analysis of over a hundred and forty books as well as films, pop
culture texts, social media, articles, feminist theory, academic
analyses, and observations and students' voices from the classroom,
Girls on Fire illustrates a rich tradition and a promising future.
With a focus on Young Adult (YA) dystopia and female protagonists,
and with particular attention to intersections of race, class,
gender, sexuality and power and empowerment-as well as a vision
toward social justice- Girls on Fire traces trends and critiques,
themes and issues, characters and plots, details and patterns...and
the intersectional possibilities that fictional futures point
toward. When we expand our vision and explore our collective
imagination, we build a better future. Girls on Fire are ready to
lead the way.
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