Learning curves, body image and female sexuality in young adult literature, Beth Younger
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Learning curves, body image and female sexuality in young adult literature, Beth Younger
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Learning curves
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electronic resource
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bibliography
Responsibility statement
Beth Younger
Series statement
Scarecrow studies in young adult literature, no. 35
Sub title
body image and female sexuality in young adult literature
Summary
35.00, 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
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- Library & information sciences / Museology
- Young adult fiction, American + History and criticism
- Children's & teenage literature studies: general
- Sex (Psychology) in literature
- Teenage girls in literature
- Adolescence in literature
- Electronic books
- Teenage girls + Sexual behavior
- United States of America, USA
- Body image in literature
- Literature: history & criticism
- Femininity in literature
- Literary theory
- Literature
- Library, archive & information management
- Children's & teenage book reviews & guides
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: teenage pregnancy
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Sex education & the facts of
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- Library & information sciences / Museology
- Young adult fiction, American + History and criticism
- Children's & teenage literature studies: general
- Sex (Psychology) in literature
- Teenage girls in literature
- Adolescence in literature
- Electronic books
- Teenage girls + Sexual behavior
- United States of America, USA
- Body image in literature
- Literature: history & criticism
- Femininity in literature
- Literary theory
- Literature
- Library, archive & information management
- Children's & teenage book reviews & guides
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: teenage pregnancy
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Sex education & the facts of
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