Pleasures and Perils : Girls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture /

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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
Autor principal: Curtis, Debra, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sexualität
Jugend
Sex > Social aspects.
Sex in popular culture.
Girls > Sexual behavior.
Girls > Attitudes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
Filles > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Nevis > Attitudes.
Sexualite dans la culture populaire > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Nevis.
Sexualite > Aspect social > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Nevis.
Filles > Sexualite > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Nevis.
Girls > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Nevis > Attitudes.
Sex in popular culture > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Nevis.
Sex > Social aspects > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Nevis.
Girls > Sexual behavior > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Nevis.
Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis > Nevis.
Electronic books.
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.

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