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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kyra ClarkePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9781138120495ISBN 10: 1138120499 Pages: 262 Publication Date: 06 March 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"1. Beyond Repetitive Endings: Teen film, Fake Orgasm and Performance in Easy A 2. Becoming Pregnant: Girlhood, Responsibility and ""Irrationality"" in Juno 3. Constructing Virginity: Religion, Secularism and Abstinence in Looking for Alibrandi and The Rage in Placid Lake 4. Touching Fingers, Touching Lips: Exploring Heteronormativity, Affect and Queer Relationships in Glee 5. Flirting with Uncertainty: Disability, Communication and Challenging Normal in The Black Balloon 6. Uncomfortable Feelings: Grief, Hospitality and Belonging in Skins"ReviewsThis work provides a rich and insightful analysis of ways in which tropes of teen sexualities are played out on screens via some of the most popular texts of the last few years. One of its strengths is the author's eye for disruptions of endorsed cultural narratives and the potential of film and TV to offer 'messy' alternatives as 'pedagogical moments.' --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University, UK This work provides a rich and insightful analysis of ways in which tropes of teen sexualities are played out on screens via some of the most popular texts of the last few years. One of its strengths is the author's eye for disruptions of endorsed cultural narratives and the potential of film and TV to offer `messy' alternatives as `pedagogical moments.' --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University, UK Author InformationKyra Clarke is an early career researcher, currently a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her research particularly centres around feminism, affect, sex education and queer theory, exploring a range of popular textual forms. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |