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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Marotta, Melanie A

Titel

The Inclusive Young Adult Reimagining and Adaptation: Renee Ahdieh’s Vampires and L. L. McKinney’s Alice for an Adolescent Audience

Ist Teil von

• The Lion and the unicorn (Brooklyn), 2023-04, Vol.47 (2), p.167

Ort / Verlag

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

Literature Online (LION eBooks)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• There appears to be a slight movement toward altering the ethnicity of famous characters, as seen in the casting of Dev Patel as David Copperfield and Sir Gawain in visual adaptations of those same texts. The reenvisioning of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings as a streaming series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–), features Black actors in primary roles, sparking interest in the adaptation despite racist internet backlash for its casting. Ahdieh presents a well written set of novels, centering on belonging instead of marginalization based on race and gender. Since the American Dream was marketed to Caucasian immigrants, Ahdieh has updated this concept for a new generation of vampire-lovers, one that is multiracial and comprehends the impact of colonization on America. In her discussion of race in the fantastic, Elizabeth Anne Leonard observes that “Because the fantastic is not ‘high’ culture but ‘popular,’ what it has to say about race is especially significant; it can represent or speak to the racial fears of a large group” (3).