Becoming sexual : a critical appraisal of the sexualization of girls /

Becoming sexual : a critical appraisal of the sexualization of girls /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Egan, R. Danielle.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013.
Description:	viii, 188 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior. Young women -- Sexual behavior. Girls in popular culture. Sex in popular culture. Girls in popular culture. Sex in popular culture. Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior. Young women -- Sexual behavior.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9115996

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ISBN:	9780745650722 0745650724 9780745650739 0745650732
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-181) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Sexualization as a Social Problem
Chapter One. What Is Sexualization?
Chapter Two. (Hetero)sexualization, Pathological
Femininity and Hope for the Future
Chapter Three. Sexualized Tastes, Middle-Class Fantasies and Fears of Class Contagion
Chapter Four. Unmanageable Bodies, Adult Disgust and the Demand for Innocence
Conclusion: Reflexive Reticence, Affective Response and the Social Construction of Sexual Problems
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index