도시물

거리 문학으로도 알려진, 도시물 (都市物)은 이름에서 알 수 있듯이 도시 풍경의 문학 장르의 집합이다; 그러나 장르가 많은 도시의 설정과 사회 경제적 현실과 문자 문화에 의해 정의된다. 도시 소설의 톤은 도시 생활의 아래쪽에 초점을 맞추고, 일반적으로 어둡다. 욕설, 섹스, 폭력은 작가가 멀리 주저하거나 부드럽게 조절하지 않고, 일반적으로 명시한다.

• Morris, V. I. (2011). The Street Lit Author and the Inner-City Teen. Journal of Young Adult Library Service 10(1), 21–24.
• Morris, V.I. (2010). Street Lit: Before you recommend it, you have to understand it. In Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice. (pp. 53–66). Chicago: American Library Association.
• Brooks, W. & Savage, L. (2009). Critiques and Controversies of Street Literature: A Formidable Genre. The ALAN Review, 37(3), 48–55.
• Hill, M.L., Perez, B., & Irby, D. (2008). Street fiction: What is it and what does it mean for English teachers ? English Journal, 97(3), 76–81.
• Morris, V. I., Hughes-Hassell, S., Agosto, D. E., & Cottman, D. T. (2006). Street Lit: Flying off teen fiction bookshelves in Philadelphia public libraries. Young Adult Library Services, 5(1), 16–23.

• Morris, Vanessa Irvin (2011). The Readers' Advisory Guide to Street Literature. American Library Association. ISBN 0838911102.
• Honig, Megan (2010). Urban Grit: A Guide to Street Lit. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 159158857X.
• Ratner, Andrew. (2009). Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction in Urban Schools. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0073378437.

• Lit Up: Keisha Ervin's gritty tales of the St. Louis streets have made her one of the nation's hottest purveyors of urban fiction Archived 2015년 5월 31일 - 웨이백 머신 Riverfront Times. April 2009.
• Readers Embrace 'Ghetto Lit' Genre, National Public Radio Morning Edition, January 20, 2004.
• Publishing Company Called Out over 'Ghetto Lit', National Public Radio All Things Considered, October 12, 2007.
• New literary genre emerging from underground authors, San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2003.
• Nick Chiles: Don't call this smut 'literature', Dallas News, January 8, 2006.
• StreetFiction.org: An Urban Fiction Review Web Site
• Street Literature: Poundin' the Pavement to Bring You The Word On Street Lit, blog site by Vanessa Irvin Morris.

이 장르는 도시 청소년에게 매우 인기가 있기 때문에, 다음과 같은 독서 목록은 교사와 사서에게 도움이 될 것을 증명해야 한다.

• Resources for Street Lit: Books, Blogs, & Lists by Vanessa Irvin Morris, Drexel Univ., Phila, PA Archived 2012년 3월 7일 - 웨이백 머신
• SpeakEasy: Articles About and/or Related to Street Lit by Vanessa Irvin Morris, Drexel Univ., Phila, PA
• Urban/Street Fiction Title/Author List by Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library
• African American Book Club Urban/Street Fiction List
• Crazy Quilts Blog with Urban Lit for School Library Collections by Edith Campbell, Arlington High School, Indianapolis, IN Archived 2007년 3월 28일 - 웨이백 머신
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