Pleasures and perils : girls' sexuality in a Caribbean consumer culture / Debra Curtis.
Pleasures and Perils follows a group of young girls living on Nevis, an island society in the Eastern Caribbean. In this provocative ethnography, Debra Curtis examines their sexuality in gripping detail: why do Nevisian girls engage in sexual activity at such young ages? Where is the line between co...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
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©2009.
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| Series: | Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Pleasures and Perils follows a group of young girls living on Nevis, an island society in the Eastern Caribbean. In this provocative ethnography, Debra Curtis examines their sexuality in gripping detail: why do Nevisian girls engage in sexual activity at such young ages? Where is the line between coercion and consent? How does a desire for wealth affect a girl's sexual practices?. 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 contrad. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813546964 0813546966 0813544297 9780813544298 1282078577 9781282078574 9786612078576 661207857X |
| Language: | In English. |