ISBN:
0745650732
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (PDF, 2537 KB, 200 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Becoming Sexual
DDC:
306.708352
Keywords:
Teenage girls-Sexual behavior
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Young women-Sexual behavior
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Girls in popular culture
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Sex in popular culture
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. However, measuring such claims against a wide range of data sources reveals a far more complicated picture.Becoming Sexualbegins with a simple question: why does this discourse feel so natural? Analyzing potent cultural and historical assumptions, and subjecting them to measured investigation, R. Danielle Egan illuminates the implications of dominant thinking on sexualization. The sexualized girl functions as a metaphor for cultural decay and as a common enemy through which adult rage, discontent and anxiety regarding class, gender, sexuality, race and the future can be expressed. Egan argues that, ultimately, the popular literature on sexualization is more reflective of adult disquiet than it is about the lives and practices of girls.Becoming Sexualwill be a welcome intervention into these fraught polemics for anyone interested in engaging with a high-profile contemporary debate, and will be particularly useful for students of sociology, cultural studies, childhood studies, gender studies and media studies.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Sexualization as a Social Problem; 1 What is Sexualization?; 2 (Hetero)Sexualization, Pathological Femininity, and Hope for the Future; 3 Sexualized Tastes, Middle-Class Fantasies, and Fears of Class Contagion; 4 Unmanageable Bodies, Adult Disgust, and the Demand for Innocence; Conclusion: Reflexive Reticence, Affective Response, and the Social Construction of Sexual Problems; Notes; References; Index
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