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Virginity in young adult literature after Twilight

Title: Virginity in young adult literature after Twilight / Christine Seifert.
Author: Seifert, Christine
Publication: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

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Description

vii, 165 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Around 2005, something surprising happened in young adult (YA) literature: YA books became obsessed with presenting characters who wanted to have sex but couldn't -- at least not without losing something vital to their identity. Since the publication of Twilight, the YA market has been flooded with books that feature naive virgins finding true love. While some YA novels do present nuanced depictions of sex and of healthy sexual relationships, the fiction most popular with young adult readers presents adolescent girls as virginal sex objects waiting to be fulfilled by their love interests. In Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight, Christine Seifert looks at an alarming trend in YA novels. Labeling this phenomenon "abstinence porn," Seifert argues that these novels that fetishize virginity are harmful to readers. Like pornography, such works reduce female characters to objects whose sexual acts are the sole expression of their identities. Chapters in this book examine paranormal, dystopian, and contemporary romance, paying particular attention to recurring virginity themes or tropes. The book also provides an antidote by showing how some sex-positive teen novels provide more empowering messages to readers.

Series Statement

Studies in young adult literature ; no. 47

Uniform Title

Studies in young adult literature ; no. 47.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.

Contents

From forever to Twilight -- Virginity and sex in paranormal novels -- Virginity and sex in the dystopia -- Virginity and sex in contemporary teen romance -- Sex-positive messages in YA literature -- Beyond Twilight.

Call Number

JFD 16-1933

ISBN

9781442246577
144224657X
9781442246584 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014037371

OCLC

893202669

Author

Seifert, Christine, author.

Title

Virginity in young adult literature after Twilight / Christine Seifert.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in young adult literature ; no. 47

Studies in young adult literature ; no. 47.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-1933

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