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About this book
Moral judgements about children’s welfare are perhaps nowhere more transient and controversial than when it comes to children’s sexuality, something that has deep historical roots. However, and contrary to recurrent fears and moral panics about the loss of childhood as a result of a tidal wave of a sexualizing culture, this book theorizes the notion of children’s sexualization within the social construction of myths of childhood innocence while also taking into account the extent of young people’s actual engagement with media and technology in contemporary Westernsocieties. It is within such a contextual framework that this book unfolds, bringing together a historical contextualization of childhood, sexuality and pornography with contemporary empirical accounts regarding the ‘presentation of the self’ and self-management.
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“Children and the Politics of Sexuality is a complex discussion of a deep and, for many in our society, troublesome subject. Tsaliki explores this material with academic rigor and extensive research to support her views. … this is a terrific book and deserves a wide audience.” (Robert Scott Stewart, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 21 (17), April, 2017)
“This book is a dense read … bringing up many important issues that need to be carefully considered and discussed among policymakers, research scientists, counselors, educators, and parents and, to her credit, children. … she builds her argument thoughtfully and comprehensively using a variety of evidence–including historical, philosophical, literary, sociological, political, commercial, and psychological sources to support her thesis.” (Juanita N. Baker and Carol E. Oseroff, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (8), February, 2017)
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Book Title: Children and the Politics of Sexuality
Book Subtitle: The Sexualization of Children Debate Revisited
Authors: Liza Tsaliki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-03341-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-03340-6Published: 22 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-03341-3Published: 13 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 231
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Media Studies, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Sexual Behavior, Personality and Social Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Self and Identity