Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities

Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity.

About the author

Janice M. Irvine is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts and author of Disorders of Desire: Sex and Gender in Modern American Sexology (Temple).

Summary

Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity.

Product details

• Authors: Janice Irvine, Janice M. Irvine
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1994
• EAN: 9781566391351
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-135-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Health Society and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories