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The Eight Percent Problem: Authors of Colour in the British Young Adult Market (2006-2016).
- Source :
- Publishing Research Quarterly; Sep2018, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p385-406, 22p, 7 Charts, 13 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The conversations surrounding ‘diversity’ in the Anglo-American book publishing industry have increased in recent years, and often centre around the lack of representation of publishing professionals, authors, and characters of colour. This paper contextualises these discussions within British YA, a market that has grown in popularity since 2006. Through an analysis of the corpus of all Young Adult fiction titles published, in the UK, during the 2006-2016 period, this paper will investigate what percentage of the titles were created by authors of colour; to determine whether this number has risen over the years, and to pinpoint any patterns and anomalies that emerge over the time period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- YOUNG adult fiction
PUBLISHING
AUTHORSHIP
BRITISH people
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10538801
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Publishing Research Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131115335
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5