The Fear of Child Sexuality: Young People, Sex, and Agency

by Steven Angelides

Book Overview

Continued public outcries over such issues as young models in sexually suggestive ads and intimate relationships between teachers and students speak to one of the most controversial fears of our time: the entanglement of children and sexuality. In this book, Steven Angelides confronts that fear, exploring how emotional vocabularies of anxiety, shame, and even contempt not only dominate discussions of youth sexuality but also allow adults to avoid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022664863X
• ISBN13: 9780226648637
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"