Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Chronology 12
Chapter 1 Background on S.E. Hinton
1 The Life and Works of S.E. Hinton J. Sydney Jones 16
2 S.E. Hinton on The Outsiders and Young Adult Literature of the 1960s: S.E. Hinton, as told to Lisa Ehrichs 30
3 Hinton on Her Work and Its Adaptation to Film S.E. Hinton Anne Commire 33
4 The Outsiders Continues to Touch Young Adults in the Twenty-First-Century Connie Ogle 38
Chapter 2 The Outsiders and Teen Issues
1 The Genius of The Outsiders Is in Its Honesty About Violence and Danger in Teens' Lives Stephanie Zacharek 44
2 The Outsiders Gives an Unrealistic, Romanticized View of Teen Life Michael Malone 48
3 The Outsiders Demonstrates How Teens Can Transcend Socioeconomic Class Divisions Michael Pearlman 57
4 The Outsiders Reinforces the Existing Social Order Eric L. Tribunella 65
5 The Outsiders Offers a Nuanced Critique of Class Mobility and Gender Identity June Pulliam 79
6 Opulence to Decadence: The Outsiders and Less Than Zero Ellen A. Seay 92
7 The Outsiders Argues That Peer Brotherhood Is the Essential Social Bond for the Disenfranchised Lizzie Skurnick 100
8 Teachers Find The Outsiders Ideal for Addressing Adolescent Alienation and Class Conflict Michael Modleski 105
Chapter 3 Contemporary Perspectives on Teen Issues
1 Poverty and Desperation Drive Some Parents to Abandon Their Teen Children Nordette Adams 116
2 Indulgent Parenting Among the Privileged Causes Teen Anxiety and Depression Lori Gottlieb 123
3 An Epidemic of Teen Violenc Jane Velez-Mitchell 133
4 Trends in Teen Suicide Jessica Portner 143
For Further Discussion 148
For Further Reading 150
Bibliography 151
Index 155
