Debra Curtis, "Pleasures and Perils: Girls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture"
2009 | ISBN: 0813544300 | English | PDF | 239 pages | 1.4 MB
2009 | ISBN: 0813544300 | English | PDF | 239 pages | 1.4 MB
Pleasures and Perils follows a group of young girls living on Nevis, an island society in the Eastern Caribbean. In this provocative ethnography, Debra Curtis examines their sexuality in gripping detail: why do Nevisian girls engage in sexual activity at such young ages? Where is the line between coercion and consent? How does a desire for wealth affect a girl's sexual practices? …