The sexuality curriculum and youth culture.(Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education)(Brief article)(Book review)

9781433110009

The sexuality curriculum and youth culture.

Ed. by Dennis Carlson and Donyell Roseboro.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2011

385 pages

$38.95

Paperback

Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education; v.392

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Popular/youth culture has become the primary sexuality curriculum and teacher in democratic societies, according to Carlson (cultural studies of education, Miami U., Oxford, Ohio) and Roseboro (secondary education and foundations, U. of North Carolina, Wilmington). North American contributors to 23 chapters re-frame the controversy-generating conversation with perspectives from fields including cultural studies, minority education, queer theory, and post-feminism. They present case studies (e.g., of teachers' perceptions of adolescent sexuality), and analyses of media messages about sexuality (e.g., teen vampire movies and texts, Internet images).

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