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The fear of child sexuality : young people, sex, and agency / Steven Angelides.

Author/creator Angelides, Steven author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionxxxiii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Children and sex.
Moral panics.
Teenagers--Sexual behavior.
Intergenerational relations.
Contents The uncanny sexual child -- Premarital sex -- Child sexual abuse -- Homosexual pedophilia -- Power -- Gender -- Sexting.
Summary Author Angelides confronts the adult fear of youth sexuality, challenging the usual emotional language of anxiety, shame, and even contempt, contending that an unwillingness to recognize children's sexual agency results not in the protection of young people but in their marginalization.--Adapted from back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [183]-228) and index.
LCCN 2018058209
ISBN9780226648460 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN022664846X hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN9780226648637 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN022664863X paperback alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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