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Pleasures and perils : girls' sexuality in a Caribbean consumer culture /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Debra, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Globalizing Nevis : radical shifts from subsistence to consumerism
  • Competing discourses and morality at play
  • Consuming global scripts : media, sex, and desire
  • The state and sexualities
  • Rethinking sexual-economic exchange
  • Theorizing sexual pleasure
  • Conclusion.