Children, Sexuality and Sexualization

Deevia Bhana, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Christin Bowman, City University of New York, US. Sara Bragg, University of Brighton, UK. Jennifer Chmielewski, City University of New York, US. Diego Costa, University of Southern California, US. Cristyn Davies, University of Sydney, Australia. Diederik F. Janssen, independent scholar, the Netherlands. Laura Harvey, University of Surrey, UK. Lindsay Herriot, University of Alberta, Canada. Lara E. Hiseler, University of Alberta, Canada. Gabrielle Ivinson, Aberdeen University, UK. Sue Jackson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Stevi Jackson, University of York, UK. Lara Karaian, Carleton University, Canada. Mary Jane Kehily, the Open University, UK. Joseph De Lappe, the Open University, UK. Jón Ingvar Kjaran, School of Education, University of Iceland. Maria Kromidas, William Paterson University, US. Anna Madill, University of Leeds, UK. Monique Mulholland, Flinders University, South Australia. Elizabethe Payne, QuERI Queering Education Research Institute©, US, Hunter College, US and City University of New York, US. Kerry Robinson, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Sue Scott, University of York, UK, University of Edinburgh, UK and University of Helsinki, Finland. Anna Sparrman, Linköping University, Sweden. Tina Vares, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

"Children, Sexuality, and Sexualization provides a nuanced and deep understanding of sexuality from various nations and cultures. The link between culture, norms and sexuality becomes clearer and shows how children and young men and women engage in, modify and negate sexuality based on the country that they live in. ... a valuable resource in the study of gender, sexuality, psychology, sociology, childhood studies and anthropology. ... anyone interested in the sexuality of children will find the book helpful and engaging." (Hennie Weiss, Metapsychology, Vol. 20 (4), January, 2016) "This is a comprehensive collection which takes the gap in our knowledge about the sexual cultures of children and young people as the starting point for investigation. With a clear emphasis on empirical research and on the contributions that a range of disciplines can make to the study of children's and young people's sexualities, the collection moves beyond the sensational, simplistic and often moralistic approaches which often characterize work in this area. A groundbreaking book which will be required reading for academics who work on gender, sexuality, children and young people". - Feona Attwood, Professor of Cultural Studies, Communication and Media, Middlesex University UK 'Reading this book unsettles and challenges traditional narratives of becoming sexual. Assembled by three leading scholars in the field, this collection contributes fresh ways of thinking about sexualization, attending to the complex array of historical and contemporary debates that shape what we think we know about child sexuality.'-Mary Lou Rasmussen, Monash University, Australia

• 1. Introduction; Emma Renold, R. Danielle Egan And Jessica RingrosePART I. MAPPING THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND THEORY WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE OF IDEAS. 2. Anthropologising Young/Minor Sexualities; Diederik F. Janssen3. A Sociological History Of Researching Childhood And Sexuality: Continuities And Discontinuities; Stevi Jackson And Sue Scott4. Reappraising Youth Subcultures And The Impact Upon Young People''s Sexual Cultures: Links And Legacies In Studies Of Girlhood; Mary Jane Kehily And Joseph De Lappe5. Anchoring Sexualization: Contextualizing And Explicating Psychological Research On The Sexualization Of Girls In The US; Deborah L. Tolman, Christin P. Bowman And Jennifer F. Chmielewski6. What About The Boys?: Sexualisation, Media And Masculinities; Sara Bragg7. Desexualising The Freudian Child In A Culture Of ''Sexualisation:'' Trends And Implications; R. Danielle EganPART II. PRE-TEEN SEXUALITIES: PROBLEMATISING SEXUAL AGENCY AND SEXUAL INNOCENCE8.Seeing (With) The ''Sexy'' Body – Young Children''s Visual Enactment Of Sexuality; Anna Sparrman9. ''Bieber Fever'': Girls, Desire And The Negotiation Of Girlhood Sexualities; Louisa Allen And Toni Ingraham10. ''He''s Cute, For Her'': Kids'' Entangled Pedagogies Of Sexuality And Race In New York City; Maria Kromidas11. Children''s Gendered And Sexual Cultures: Desiring And Regulating Recognition Through Life Markers Of Marriage, Love And Relationships; Kerry H. Robinson And Cristyn DaviesPART III. QUEERING YOUNG SEXUALITIES: GENDER, PLACE AND HISTORY12. ''Istabane'': South African Teenagers And The Regulation Of Sexuality, Gender And Culture; Deevia Bhana13. ''Flaming Gays'' And ''One Of The Boys''? White Middle Class Boys, Queer Sexualities And Gender In Icelandic High Schools; Jón Ingvar Kjaran14. Resisting The Taint, Marking The Slut: Middle Class Lesbian Girls And Claims To Sexual Propriety; Elizabethe Payne15. Mud, Mermaids And Burnt Wedding Dresses: Mapping Queer Assemblages In Teen Girls'' Talk On Living With Gender And Sexual Violence; Emma Renold And Gabrielle IvinsonPART IV. YOUNG SEXUALITIES AND THE CULTURAL IMAGINARY16. A Doll Has No Holes: On The Queerness Of Brazilian Children; Diego Costa17. Boys'' Love Manga For Girls: Paedophilic, Satirical, Queer Readings And English Law; Anna Madill18. Documentaries On The Sexualisation Of Girls: Examining Slut-Shaming, Victim-Blaming, And What''s Being Left Off-Screen; Lindsay Herriot And Lara E. HiselerPART V. NEW MEDIA, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND YOUNG SEXUAL CULTURES19. New Visibilities?'': Using Video Diaries To Explore Girls'' Experiences Of Sexualised Culture; Sue Jackson And Tina Vares20. Is There A New Normal? Young People Negotiate Pornification; Monique Mulholland21. What Is Self-Exploitation?: Re-Thinking The Relationship Between ''Sexting'', ''Sexualisation'' And Responsibilisation In Law-And-Order Times; Lara Karaian22. Sexting And (Mis)Recognition: Teen Boys'' Performing Racialised Masculinities In Digitally Networked Publics; Laura Harvey And Jessica Ringrose