TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seifert,Christine
TI  - Virginity in young adult literature after Twilight
T2  - Scarecrow studies in young adult literature
SN  - 9781442246577 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - PS 490 .S45 2015 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Lanham, Maryland
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Meyer, Stephenie,
KW  - Young adult literature, American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Virginity in literature
KW  - Sexual abstinence in literature
KW  - Teenage girls in literature
KW  - Psychosexual development
KW  - Self-perception in adolescence
KW  - Literature and morals
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; From Forever to Twilight -- Virginity and sex in paranormal novels -- Virginity and sex in the dystopia -- Virginity and sex in contemporary teen romance -- Sex-positive messages in YA literature -- Beyond Twilight
N2  - Around 2005, something surprising happened in young adult (YA) literature: YA books became obsessed with presenting characters who wanted to have sex but couldn't -- at least not without losing something vital to their identity. Since the publication of Twilight, the YA market has been flooded with books that feature naive virgins finding true love. While some YA novels do present nuanced depictions of sex and of healthy sexual relationships, the fiction most popular with young adult readers presents adolescent girls as virginal sex objects waiting to be fulfilled by their love interests. In Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight, Christine Seifert looks at an alarming trend in YA novels. Labeling this phenomenon "abstinence porn," Seifert argues that these novels that fetishize virginity are harmful to readers. Like pornography, such works reduce female characters to objects whose sexual acts are the sole expression of their identities. Chapters in this book examine paranormal, dystopian, and contemporary romance, paying particular attention to recurring virginity themes or tropes. The book also provides an antidote by showing how some sex-positive teen novels provide more empowering messages to readers
ER  -