(Un)Doing Gender: Intersections of Publishing Industries, Young Adult Fiction and Movies Farkhanda Shahid Khan
Abstract
The most often classified gender, women, raise their faithful voices through writings in order to show their ability. They excavate their confidence through creative ability – when they write about gender issues with creative genius, through artistic intelligence – when their works are adapted into movies, and struggle to boost their self-respect through their talent. This article unfolds its argument that being the second gender in male chauvinist societies, women – no matter they belong to first or third world, face discrimination while publishing their works, or they are asked to write as publishers want. However, producers and directors endorse turning their works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction (YAF) in America into movies, where their works for young readers are not categorized as underrated. In so doing, media as compared to publishing industries provides an assenting platform often, and thus establishes women writers as significant contributors towards society. Concentrating on the issues, this work analyses the efforts of Young Adult writers along with the intersecting spheres of adaptation, publishing industries, and fiction while highlighting discrimination against them. Moreover, the work also examines the views of the feminist theorists to understand the relevant biases. The article concludes that women can best serve the genre of Young Adult Fiction by undoing gender and let alone the affirmative behaviour of producers, impartial reviews and unbiased acceptance by the publishing industry is also mandatory.
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