Some recent reading in preparation for this site:
Nonfiction/articles/scholarly work
Basso, Michael, The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality, Fairview Press, 1997
Christian-Smith, Linda K., Young Women and Their Dream Lovers: Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction from Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities, Janice M. Irvine, Ed. Temple University Press, 1994.
McGregor, Amanda Let’s (Not) Get it On: Girls and Sex in Young Adult Literature, VOYA, Vol. 26, No. 6 February 2004
(Amanda is a graduate from my program and I had already dreamed up and started researching this project when this article was published. Wow!)
Pavanel, Jane, The Sex Book: An Alphabet of Smarter Love, Raincoast Books, 2001
Pollack, Pamela D., Sex in Children’s Fiction: Freedom to Frighten? from Young Adult Literature: Background and Criticism, Millicent Lenz and Ramona M. Mahood, Eds., American Library Association, 1980
Sullivan, Ed Going All the Way: First-Time Sexual Experience of Teens in Fiction, VOYA, Vol. 26, No. 6 February 2004
Fiction
(This looks like a skimpy selection, but they are books I've read over the last few months specifically for the site - I wanted to get the broadest sprectrum possible. I have many more in "my back pages" and will continue to read new/new-to-me titles.)
Black, Jonah, The Black Book: Diary of a Teenage Stud Series, Avon, 2001-2002
Block, Francesca Lia, the Dangerous Angels omnibus, as well as Girl Goddess #9 and some other titles.
Blume, Judy, Forever Simon & Schuster, 1975
Brashares, Ann, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Delacorte, 2001; The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Delacorte, 2003
Cann, Kate, The Love Trilogy: Go!, 1998; Ready?, 1996; Sex, 1997 HarperTempest
Cart, Michael (ed.), Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, Simon and Schuster, 2001
Garden, Nancy, Annie on My Mind, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982
Mazer, Norma Fox, Up in Seth's Room, Delacorte Press, 1979
McKinley, Robin, The Hero and the Crown, Greenwillow Books, 1985
Thomas, Rob, Rats Saw God Simon and Schuster, 1996
Williams-Garcia, Rita, Like Sisters on the Homefront, Puffin, 1998
Young, Cathy (ed.),One Hot Second: Stories About Desire, Knopf, 2002
Web sites
Bookslut
Go Ask Alice
Scarleteen
This will be continually updated.
Please send me your recommendations! (Anything at all, though I'm especially seeking a study on teens and sexuality by gender.)
Written material © 2004 Dawn Emerman
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