Learning Curves Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature |
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| Author:
| Younger, Beth |
| Series title: | Studies in Young Adult Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-5986-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.00 |
Book Description:
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Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature 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.
Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature 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.