Coming of Age in a Divided City: Cultural Hybridity and Ethnic Injustice in Sandra Cisneros and Veronica Roth

Suzanne Manizza Roszak

doi:10.1353/chl.2016.0022

Coming of Age in a Divided City: Cultural Hybridity and Ethnic Injustice in Sandra Cisneros and Veronica Roth

Suzanne Manizza Roszak^*

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Abstract

In YA texts by Sandra Cisneros and Veronica Roth, the social injustice of segregation and the pressure to forsake hybrid identities shape the coming-of-age process. While both novels encourage teens to resist this pressure, Roth’s avoids directly acknowledging issues of ethnicity and racism, missing important opportunities for witnessing and allyship.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-77
Number of pages	17
Journal	Children's Literature
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2016.0022
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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