A Critical Youth Studies for the 21st Century

Bibliographic Data

ID19922902
AuthorsPeter Kelly (0000-0003-4030-8301), Annelies Kamp (0000-0002-9442-0908)
Year2015
Pages652
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCritical Youth Studies for the 21st Century (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004284036
OpenAlexW2497077780
Open LibraryOL29723418M
ISBN9789004284036
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited14

In contemporary Western societies, the years between childhood and young adulthood are commonly understood to be (trans)formative in the reflexive project of sexual self-making (Russell et al. 2012). As sexual subjects in the making, youthful bodies, desires and sexual activities are often perceived as both volatile and vulnerable, thus subjected to instruction and discipline, protection and surveillance. Accordingly, young peoples sexual proximities are closely monitored by social institutions and (hetero)normalising regimes (Warner 1999) for any signs that may compromise the end goal of developmenta normal reproductive heterosexual monogamous adult

Art · Art history · Commodification · Democracy · Media studies · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Youth Development and Social Support · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Social conditions · Study and teaching · Youth

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