Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok

Sonali Kulkarni; Emilie Owens

doi:10.2307/jj.25465131.17

Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok

Sonali Kulkarni
, Emilie Owens

Department of Culture Studies

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture
Editors	Giuliana Fenech
Place of Publication	Jackson, USA
Publisher	University Press of Mississippi
Chapter	13
Pages	230-248
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9781496858405, 9781496858412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.25465131.17
Publication status	Published - 5 Aug 2025

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Name	Children's Literature Association Series

Keywords

booktok
YA literature
agency
affect
epistemic injustice

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Kulkarni, S., & Owens, E. (2025). Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok. In G. Fenech (Ed.), Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture (pp. 230-248). (Children's Literature Association Series). University Press of Mississippi. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.25465131.17

Kulkarni, Sonali ; Owens, Emilie. / Young Adult Agency on BookTok : A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok. Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture. editor / Giuliana Fenech. Jackson, USA : University Press of Mississippi, 2025. pp. 230-248 (Children's Literature Association Series).

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Kulkarni, S & Owens, E 2025, Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok. in G Fenech (ed.), Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture. Children's Literature Association Series, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, USA, pp. 230-248. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.25465131.17

Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok. / Kulkarni, Sonali; Owens, Emilie.
Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture. ed. / Giuliana Fenech. Jackson, USA: University Press of Mississippi, 2025. p. 230-248 (Children's Literature Association Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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Kulkarni S, Owens E. Young Adult Agency on BookTok: A Practice Theory Inquiry into Young Readers' Active Reshaping of Digital Literary Criticism on TikTok. In Fenech G, editor, Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children's Literature and Culture. Jackson, USA: University Press of Mississippi. 2025. p. 230-248. (Children's Literature Association Series). doi: 10.2307/jj.25465131.17

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