ISBN:
9780230508637
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (272 pages)
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DDC:
302.23083000000003
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Are children today growing up too soon? How do they - and their parents - feel about media portrayals of sex and personal relationships? Are the media a corrupting influence, or a potentially positive and useful resource for young people? Drawing on an extensive research project, which investigated children's interpretations of sexual content in films, TV and print media, this book considers how young people (aged 9-17) use such material to understand their experiences and build their identities, and how they and their parents respond to public concerns about these issues. The book offers a clearly written and entertaining insight into children's and parents' perspectives on these difficult issues - perspectives that are often ignored or trivialised in public debate.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Childhood in peril? -- Cause for concern? -- Sorting out the issues -- Previous research -- Starting points -- 2 Talking Dirty: Research Methods -- Fabricating publics, imagined geographies -- Defining our subjects -- The diaries and scrapbooks -- Interviews -- The role of the researchers -- Conclusion -- 3 Living and Learning -- Tales out of school -- The family and other romances -- Needing (and not needing) to know -- Sex lessons -- 'It's really embarrassing when they give you talks' -- Learning from media -- Learning identities -- Conclusion -- 4 Boy Meets Boy Meets Girl Meets Girl: Gender, Sexuality and Performance -- The media's role -- A place to speak from? -- Images of the self -- Spectacular masculinities? -- 'Living the life': consumption and gender identities -- 'Shall I pretend to be gay?' - the cultural chic and contemporary meanings of 'being gay' -- Conclusion -- 5 Bodies on Display: Pin-ups, Porn and Pop Stars -- Pin-up girls (and boys) -- Men only? -- 'A bit of an education' -- Taking offence -- Looking at men -- Bodies in motion -- Conclusion -- 6 Dirty Laundry: Private Lives, Public Confessions -- Talking the talk -- Keeping your distance -- The talking cure? -- Problems, problems -- In the public eye -- 7 Show and Tell: Learning from Television Drama -- Soap, sex and secrets -- The pedagogy of soap -- Making judgments: blaming and explaining -- Just for laughs? -- Teaching through drama -- Conclusion: a preparation for life? -- 8 Family Viewing: Embarrassment, Education and Erotics -- 'It's so embarrassing…' -- Watching with mother -- Gender and regulation -- Enacting 'erotics' -- Conclusion -- 9 Governing the Living Room: from Morality to Ethics -- Parents who care -- Parents talking about effects -- Parental views on regulation.
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