Sex, Power and Consent - Youth Culture and the Unwritten Rules

Informationen zum Autor Anastasia Powell is Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University, Victoria. Klappentext This book explores youth culture and the gendered power relations in which sexual negotiations take place. Zusammenfassung Sex! Power and Consent develops a compelling framework for understanding the 'unwritten rules' and the gendered power relations in which sexual negotiations take place! and offers practical strategies for young people and those working with them! toward the prevention of sexual violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of tables; 1. Introduction: rewriting the rules?; 2. Generation Y: problematic representations of 'youth' and 'sex'; 3. Sex: the 'new' rules of engagement; 4. Power: framing sexual violence in young people's everyday encounters; 5. Consent: negotiating consensual sex; 6. Technology: unauthorised sexual images and sexual violence; 7. Education: sex, power and consent in schools; 8. Prevention: policy, programs and practical strategies; 9. Conclusion: rewriting the rules, preventing sexual violence; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Anastasia Powell, Anastasia (La Trobe University Powell, Powell Anastasia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521144292
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14429-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Sociology: sexual relations, Gender studies, gender groups, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Crime & criminology, Age groups: adolescents