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BL
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1018978
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b773348
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| Main Entry
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Younger, Beth,1961-
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| Title & Author
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Learning curves : : body image and female sexuality in young adult literature /\ Beth Younger.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Scarecrow Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ;; 35
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 147 pages ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0810859866
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: 0810869500
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: 9780810859869
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: 9780810869509
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Do I look fat? body image in YA literature -- Do the right thing: pregnancy and female sexuality -- Keeping you a secret: lesbian YA literature -- Girl meets boy: romance, repression, and the male predator -- Series fiction and chick lit: from Nancy Drew to gossip girl.
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| Abstract
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This book examines how cultural assumptions and social constraints are reinforced and complicated through common representations of young women. It analyzes recurrent themes in the history of young adult literature, including issues of body image, pregnancy, abortion, lesbianism, and romance.
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Adolescence in literature.
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Body image in literature.
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Femininity in literature.
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Sex (Psychology) in literature.
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Teenage girls in literature.
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Teenage girls-- Sexual behavior.
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Young adult fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Adolescence in literature.
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Body image in literature.
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Bokserier-- Förenta staterna.
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Erotik
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Femininity in literature.
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Flickor/kvinnor i litteraturen.
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Homosexualitet i litteraturen.
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Identitet i litteraturen.
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Jugendliteratur
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Körperbild
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Mädchenliteratur
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Människokroppen i litteraturen.
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Masslitteratur-- Förenta staterna.
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Sex (Psychology) in literature.
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Sexualitet i litteraturen.
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Teenage girls in literature.
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Teenage girls-- Sexual behavior.
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Ungdomsböcker-- Förenta staterna.
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Weibliche Heranwachsende
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Weiblichkeit
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Young adult fiction, American.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/352352
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| LC Classification
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PS374.G55Y68 2009
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