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  1. Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight
    Published: 2015; ©2015
    Publisher:  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, Lanham, MD

    This book looks at how popular young adult literature fetishizes virginity. Christine Seifert examines how and why so much romance and dystopian fiction--the two most popular genres in YA lit--have focused on what she calls "abstinence porn"--a... more

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    This book looks at how popular young adult literature fetishizes virginity. Christine Seifert examines how and why so much romance and dystopian fiction--the two most popular genres in YA lit--have focused on what she calls "abstinence porn"--a phenomenon that has broken out since the appearance of Twilight on the market. Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781442246584
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature Series ; v.47
    Subjects: Sexual abstinence in literature; Teenage girls in literature; Virginity in literature; Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism
    Scope: 1 online resource (144 pages)
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