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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Janice Irvine , Janice M. IrvinePublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9781566391351ISBN 10: 1566391350 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 12 May 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Contexts and Theories 1. Culture, Identities, and the Discourse of Adolescent Sexuality - Janice M. Irvine 2. Adolescent Development: Whose Perspective? - Jill Taylor 3. Sexuality Education for Immigrant and Minority Students: Developing a Culturally Appropriate Curriculum - Janie Victoria Ward and Jill Taylor Part II: Culture and Communities 4. Culture, Context, and HIV Infection: Research on Risk Taking Among Adolescents - Lee Strunin 5. Asian American Adolescents: Issues in the Expression of Sexuality - Connie Chan 6. AIDS and Latino Adolescents - Luisa Medrano 7. Homophobia, Identity, and the Meanings of Desire: Reflections on the Cultural Construction of Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Sexuality - Diane Raymon 8. Daughters with Disabilities: Defective Women or Minority Women? - Harilyn Rousso Part III: Texts and Conversations 9. Keeping Adolescents in the Picture: Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Textbook Images and Popular Films - Mariamne H. Whatley 10. Young Women and Their Dream Lovers: Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction - Linda K. Christian-Smith 11. What Friends Are For: On Girls' Misogyny and Romantic Fusion - Sharon Thompson 12. Daring to Desire: Culture and the Bodies of Adolescent Girls - Deborah L. Tolman 13. Speaking Across Cultures Within Your Own Family - Janet Kahn 14. Teens Talk Sex: Can We Talk Back? - Robert E. Fullilove, Warren Barksdale, and Mindy Thompson Fullilove About the ContributorsReviewsWill we engage with adolescents in frank discussion about sexual options and ethics or will we enforce a moralistic silence that resonates with fear and shame? Can we talk with teenagers about what they want to know, or can we only tell them what we want them to know? --From the Editor's Introduction A book of compelling importance--this volume dissects contemporary myths about adolescent sexuality and presents a startling and powerful cultural and political analysis of adolescent development, sexuality and sexual expression. I recommend this book with a sense of urgency. --Dr. Michael A. Carrera, Director, National Adolescent Sexuality Training Center, The Children's Aid Society Author InformationJanice M. Irvine is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts and author of Disorders of Desire: Sex and Gender in Modern American Sexology (Temple). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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