A Girl's Best Friend? Implications of Friendship on Female Self-identity in Young Adult Literature

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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorCompton, Lacy Ann
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOlson, Marilynn
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLedbetter, Kathryn
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T10:04:14Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:04:14Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding one’s self-identity is a key part of adolescence, especially for girls. But what external factors determine one’s self-perception? By examining the works of five mass-market young adult authors, Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, E. Lockhart, Cynthia Voigt, and Cecily von Ziegesar, evidence suggests that friends and peers influence a girl’s self-understanding and subjectivity through ritual, shared environment, language, objectification and acceptance or denial of change in the relationship. This paper also looks at key theories of literature, including panopticism, subjectivity and the problem novel in their relation to mass-market literature for girls.
dc.description.departmentEnglish
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent108 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationCompton, L. A. (2008). A girl's best friend? Implications of friendship on female self-identity in young adult literature</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.citationCompton, L. A. (2008). <i>A girl's best friend? Implications of friendship on female self-identity in young adult literature</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2639
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectSelf-identity
dc.subjectFriendship
dc.subjectGirls
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectContemporary literature
dc.subjectSubjectivity
dc.subjectPanoptic
dc.titleA Girl's Best Friend? Implications of Friendship on Female Self-identity in Young Adult Literature
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish
thesis.degree.disciplineLiterature
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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