Younger, Beth, 1961-

Learning Curves : Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature / Beth Younger. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009. - xvii, 147 p. ; 23 cm. - Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 35 . - Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 35. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index.

Do I look fat? : body image in YA literature -- Do the right thing : pregnancy and female sexuality -- Better than ice cream : lesbian YA literature -- Girl meets boy : romance, repression, and the male predator -- Series fiction and chick lit : from Nancy Drew to Gossip girl.

9780810859869 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810859866 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Teenage girls in literature.
Body image in literature.
Sex (Psychology) in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Teenage girls--Sexual behavior.
Adolescence.
Body image.
Femininity.
Literature.
Sex (Psychology)
Teenage girls.
Teenage girls--Sexual behavior.
Young adult fiction, American.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PS 374 .G55 Y68 2009