Learning Curves - Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature (Hardcover, 35th edition)

Adolescence is a time of growth, change, and confusion for young women. During this transition from childhood to adulthood, sex and gender roles become more important. Meanwhile, depictions of females from the hyper-sexualized girls of music videos to the chaste repression of Purity Balls send mixed messages to young women about their bodies and their sexuality. Over the last several decades, authors of young adult novels have been challenged to reflect this concern in their work and have responded with varying degrees of success. In Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature, Beth Younger examines how cultural assumptions and social constraints are reinforced and complicated through common representations of young women. Each chapter analyzes a recurrent theme in the history of young adult literature, including issues of body image, pregnancy, abortion, lesbianism, and romance. By examining selected novels for their sexual content, situating them within their social and historical context, and analyzing their discursive qualities, the author reveals the multitude of complex ways that society depicts teenagers and their sexualities and offers a critique of patriarchal culture that gives value to the female experience."

General

Imprint:	Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Young Adult Literature
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Beth Younger
Dimensions:	228 x 149 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	166
Edition:	35th edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8108-5986-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > Teenage pregnancy Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal, health & social education (PHSE) > Body & health > Sex education & the facts of life Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-8108-5986-6
Barcode:	9780810859869

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