Janet Mcdonald
The Original Project Girl- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2008
Summary
Much has been written about the state of Black adolescence_often from a sociological point of view situating Black teens in an at-risk category. However, through her characters, young adult author Janet McDonald (1954-2007) presents the wide range of adolescent life. McDonald especially presents to readers the multifarious views of society in relation to the self-efficacious drive of urban teens to rise above their circumstances by any means necessary. Janet McDonald: The Original Project Girl is a bio-critical study of McDonald and her work as it relates to the contributions she has made to the genre of teen fiction. It explains McDonald's profoundly realistic fiction, which holds wide appeal for teens in search of answers to the coming of age mystery. Catherine Ross-Stroud, in her study of McDonald's works and interviews with the author, has put together a comprehensive resource that will be a useful research tool.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2008
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-5802-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-6356-9
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 138
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Chronology No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter One. The Original Project Girl: Humble Beginnings No access Pages 1 - 18
- Chapter Two. On Becoming a Writer: Project Girl No access Pages 19 - 34
- Chapter Three. Real Project Girls: A Literary Journey of Discovery No access Pages 35 - 54
- Chapter Four. Harlem Boys: Brother Hood and Harlem Hustle No access Pages 55 - 74
- Chapter Five. Shifting Gears: Girls of Color No access Pages 75 - 92
- Chapter Six. Urban Fiction: Answering the Call No access Pages 93 - 108
- Chapter Seven. I Write Stories with Happy Endings No access Pages 109 - 116
- Epilogue No access Pages 117 - 118
- References No access Pages 119 - 128
- Index No access Pages 129 - 136
- About the Author No access Pages 137 - 138





