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Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity, 2010

The leitmotiv of this history of ideas is the multifarious and contradictory forms ascribed to th... more The leitmotiv of this history of ideas is the multifarious and contradictory forms ascribed to the sexual child. Arriving at any conclusion about this constellation of ideas would appear at first to be a futile task. However, constructions of “the sexual child” are highly reflective of the social context in which they were constructed. It was the cultural entrenchment of these ideas in the Anglophone West that led to our retrospective and reconstructive approach. Accordingly, our engagement with the history of ideas entailed three dimensions: historical, discursive, and theoretical that together provided a more informed framework for unpacking the complexities of this story.

Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity, 2010

Childhood sexuality and the desires, demands, and conflicts it entails occupy a foundational, if ... more Childhood sexuality and the desires, demands, and conflicts it entails occupy a foundational, if often paradoxical, location in the work of Sigmund Freud. Repeatedly revised in his writings on psychoanalytic theory, diagnosis, and methodology the imprint of infantile eroticism leaves its trace on everything from an individual’s psychic life to rendering visible the fragility of their gender development and their objects of sexual desire (1938, 1933, 1919, 1905a, 1899). Its residue is found in the symptoms of hysteria and neurosis and the regression to its desires is far from uncommon in both the “normal” and the “pathological” (1912b, 1908b, 1905c, 1905b, 1905a). Our Oedipal desires and the restrictions society imposes on them undergird the psychosocial dynamics of both “savage” and “civilized” societies and underpin our artistic and cultural development (1918b, 161, 1918a, 1930). At base, the erotic life of the child, within Freudian psychoanalytic discourse, is the ground or “prehistory” upon which the psychical and the cultural are built (1925, 175).1

Sexuality & Culture, 2008

Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love, 2006

Imagine walking into Flame and being drenched in black light as you move through a room in the ce... more Imagine walking into Flame and being drenched in black light as you move through a room in the center of which is a stage surrounded by chairs, and, farther out, by tables populated by men who are gazing upon a female spectacle. Circumnavigating the space are bouncers whose job it is to control “unruly” customers. Surveillance cameras appear intermittently on the walls projecting mediated images of dancers and customers to the televisions located in the manager’s office. Dancers glance at these televisual images as they make their schedules for the next week or are “getting in trouble” for something captured by the mediated eyes of the owner.

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Using The Dr. Phil Show as a case study, this paper explores the processes of secularization and ... more Using The Dr. Phil Show as a case study, this paper explores the processes of secularization and sacralization in the media spectacle of talk television. It argues that TheDr. Phil Show employs the religious narrative of conversion to frame the personal experiences and the problems of participants. Using discourse analysis, the paper examines two shows that exemplify this narrative:“Addiction” and “The Weight Loss Challenge.” It argues that the morphology of conversion is comprised of two components: the ...

Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love, 2006

Children, Sexuality and Sexualization, 2015

Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity, 2010

About the book Offering critical response to a range of popular debates on children's sex... more About the book Offering critical response to a range of popular debates on children's sexual cultures, this ground-breaking volume challenges preconceived and accepted theories regarding children, sexuality and sexualisation. The contributions to this collection offer compelling accounts from a range of disciplinary fields and transnational contexts to present original empirical research findings, which offer new ways to make sense of children's sexual cultures across complex political, social and cultural terrains. Organised into five sections, this book addresses the history of young sexualities research and theory across disciplinary boundaries; pre-teen sexualities and a rethinking of sexual agency and innocence; how space, place and history shape young queer sexualities; the representation of young sexualities in the popular cultural imaginary; and the role of new media and digital technology in the formation of children and young people's sexual cultures.

The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 2015

Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights, 2000

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston College, 2000. Submitted to Dept. of Sociology. Includes bibliographical ... more Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston College, 2000. Submitted to Dept. of Sociology. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 240-246). Microfiche. s

Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity, 2010

Sexuality & Culture, 2008

Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love, 2006

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Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love, 2006

Children, Sexuality and Sexualization, 2015

Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity, 2010

The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 2015

Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights, 2000

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