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Sexual Subjects

Young People, Sexuality and Education

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  • © 2005

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  1. Louisa Allen
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 1-14

  3. Researching Sexuality: Methodological Complexities

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 15-34

  4. Sperm Meets Egg? Young People’s Conceptualisations of Sexual Knowledge

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 35-61

  5. Sexual Subjects: Young People’s Sexual Subjectivities

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 62-93

  6. ‘Like I’m floating somewhere ten feet in the air’: Experiencing the Sexual Body

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 94-115

  7. Desire, Pleasure, Power: Understanding Young People’s Sexual Relationships

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 116-144

  8. Constituting a Discourse of Erotics in Sexuality Education

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 145-164

  9. Closing Thoughts and Future Directions

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 165-174

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-199
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About this book

Educating young people about sex and sexuality remains one of the most controversial and political areas of the school curriculum. Drawing on young people's own understandings of their sexual selves, knowledge and practices Sexual Subjects considers the implications for how we conceptualize the effectiveness of sexuality education. Reshaping thinking around youthful (hetero)sexualities Sexual Subjects challenges current approaches to teaching about sex and sexuality.

About the author

LOUISA ALLEN is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her current work involves designing a sexuality education resource for senior school students and her research interests include, sexuality education, sexualities, masculinities, feminist theories of education and the body. She has also published The Life of Brian: Masculinity, Sexuality and Health in New Zealand (with Heather Worth and Anna Paris).

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