Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-201) and index.
Contents:
The sexualization of childhood: growing older younger/growing younger older / Sharna Olfman -- Growing up in a sexualized culture -- Pornography, lad mags, video games, and boys: reviving the canary in the cultural coal mine / Matthew B. Ezzell -- A royal juggernaut: the Disney princesses and other commercialized threats to creative play and the path to self-realization for young girls / Susan Linn -- Girls gone grown-up: why are U.S. girls reaching puberty earlier and earlier? / Sandra Steingraber -- Something's happening here: sexual objectification, body image distress, and eating disorders / Margo Maine -- So sexy, so soon: the sexualization of childhood / Diane E. Levin -- Still on the auction block: the (s)exploitation of black adolescent girls in rap(e) music and hip-hop culture / Carolyn M. West -- Sexualization and child sexual abuse -- The sexual exploitation of children and youth: redefining victimization / Sharon W. Cooper -- Childified women: how the mainstream porn industry sells child pornography to men / Gail Dines -- Prostitution and the sexualization of children / Melissa Farley.
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