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Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight (Hardcover)
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Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature
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Around 2005 something surprising happened in young adult
literature: YA books became obsessed with presenting characters who
wanted to have sex but couldn't-at least not without losing
something vital to their identity. Since the publication of
Twilight, the YA market has been flooded with books that feature
naive virgins finding true love. While some YA novels do present
nuanced depictions of sex and of healthy sexual relationships, the
fiction most popular with young adult readers presents adolescent
girls as virginal sex objects waiting to be fulfilled by their love
interests. In Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight,
Christine Seifert looks at an alarming trend in YA novels. Labeling
this phenomenon "abstinence porn," Seifert argues that these novels
that fetishize virginity are harmful to readers. Like pornography,
such works reduce female characters to objects whose sexual acts
are the sole expression of their identities. Chapters in this book
examine paranormal, dystopian, and contemporary romance, paying
particular attention to recurring virginity themes or tropes. The
book also provides an antidote by showing how some sex-positive
teen novels provide more empowering messages to readers. Organized
by genre, the books were selected for this study based on their
popularity with teens. Exploring how messages about virginity are
sustained and repeated from text to text, this book also calls out
key reader reactions to demonstrate how they are responding to
these messages. Featuring a list of discussion questions, Virginity
in Young Adult Literature after Twilight will be a valuable
resource for teachers, librarians, parents, and mature young adult
readers.
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