Using Young Adult Literature to Teach about Rape Culture
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The young adult literary genre, the principal source of fiction for many teenagers, has become pedagogically useful in its covering of rape and rape culture in recent years. Here, I examine how Courtney Summers's All the Rage , Amy Reed's The Nowhere Girls , and Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak , along with other similar novels and Chanel Miller's memoir, Know My Name , can be used in secondary school and university classrooms to teach students about sexual violence in general and rape culture in particular. I suggest that doing so in relation to Kate Manne's notions of himpathy and herasure should be encouraged.
Source: Girlhood Studies
Author: Natalie Malka
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7225164453