{"product_id":"pleasures-and-perils-girls-sexuality-in-a-caribbean-consumer-culture-paperback-softback-9780813544304","title":"Pleasures and Perils; Girls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813544304","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePleasures and Perils\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGirls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDebra Curtis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813544304\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePleasures and Perils\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible yet theoretically astute introduction to theories of sexual subjectivity, discourse, and mediation. It is also a compellingly written story about an island in transition and about the girls who are coming to adulthood as these shifts take place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (New West Indian Guide) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePleasures and Perils\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible yet theoretically astute introduction to theories of sexual subjectivity, discourse, and mediation. It is also a compellingly written story about an island in transition and about the girls who are coming to adulthood as these shifts take place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (New West Indian Guide)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePleasures and Perils\u003c\/i\u003e follows a group of young girls living on Nevis, an island society in the Eastern Caribbean. In this provocative ethnography, Debra Curtis examines their sexuality in gripping detail: why do Nevisian girls engage in sexual activity at such young ages? Where is the line between coercion and consent? How does a desire for wealth affect a girl's sexual practices? \u003cp\u003e Curtis shows that girls are often caught between conflicting discourses of Christian teachings about chastity, public health cautions about safe sex, and media enticements about consumer delights. Sexuality's contradictions are exposed: power and powerless¡ness, self-determination and cultural control, violence and pleasure.\u003ci\u003e Pleasures and Perils\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the methodological and ethical issues anthropologists face when they conduct research on sex, especially among girls. The sexually explicit narratives conveyed in this book challenge not only the reader's own thoughts on sexuality but also the broader limits and possibilities of ethnography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Globalizing Nevis: Radical Shifts from Subsistence to Consumerism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Competing Discourses and Moralities at Play\u003cbr\u003e 4. Consuming Global Scripts: Media, Sex, and Desire\u003cbr\u003e 5. The State and Sexualities\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rethinking Sexual-Economic Exchange\u003cbr\u003e 7. Theorizing Sexual Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559290892568,"sku":"9780813544304","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pleasures-and-perils-girls-sexuality-in-a-caribbean-consumer-culture-paperback-softback-9780813544304","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}