Gender, Sex, and Sexuality among Contemporary Youth

This volume examines the evolving norms concerning sex, gender, and sexuality in the lives of children and adolescents addressing topics such as: the development of gender identity, sexual behavior among youth, LGBT youth, transgender youth, parental and peer influences upon the development of gender and gender identity and dating violence.

About the author

Patricia Neff Claster is Associate Professor of Sociology at Edinboro University, USA. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of family and intimate relationships, gender and children and youth studies. Her active research endeavours have been recognized with a nomination for the Edinboro Scholar of the Year Award for the last two years in row. Her publications include (edited with Sampson Lee Blair) Visions in the 21st Century Family and (edited with Sampson Lee Blair and Samuel M. Claster) Technology and Youth: Growing Up in a Digital World.
Sampson Lee Blair is Associate Professor in Family Sociology at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. He has served as Chair of the Children and Youth research section of the American Sociological Association, as Senior Editor of Sociological Inquiry, Editor of the book series Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Journal of Family Issues, Marriage and Family Review, Social Justice Research, Sociological Inquiry, International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, and Sociological Viewpoints.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sampson Lee Blair (Editor), Sampson Lee (University of Buffalo Blair (Editor), Patricia Neff Claster (Editor), Patricia Neff (Edinboro University Claster (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2017
• EAN: 9781787146143
• ISBN: 978-1-78714-614-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories