Curtis shows that girls are often caught between conflicting discourses of Christian teachings about chastity, public health cautions about safe sex, and media enticements about consumer delights. Sexuality's contradictions are exposed: power and powerlessness, self-determination and cultural control, violence and pleasure. Pleasures and Perils illuminates the methodological and ethical issues anthropologists face when they conduct research on sex, especially among girls. The sexually explicit narratives conveyed in this book challenge not only the reader's own thoughts on sexuality but also the broader limits and possibilities of ethnography.
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Curtis shows that girls are often caught between conflicting discourses of Christian teachings about chastity, public health cautions about safe sex, and media enticements about consumer delights. Sexuality's contradictions are exposed: power and powerlessness, self-determination and cultural control, violence and pleasure. Pleasures and Perils illuminates the methodological and ethical issues anthropologists face when they conduct research on sex, especially among girls. The sexually explicit narratives conveyed in this book challenge not only the reader's own thoughts on sexuality but also the broader limits and possibilities of ethnography.
Imprint | Rutgers University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies |
Release date | February 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | February 2009 |
Authors | Debra Curtis |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 256 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-4429-8 |
Barcode | 9780813544298 |
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LSN | 0-8135-4429-7 |