1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462882003321

Autore

Kokkola Lydia <1967->

Titolo

Fictions of adolescent carnality [[electronic resource] ] : sexy sinners and delinquent deviants / / Lydia Kokkola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-7204-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages)

Collana

Children's literature, culture, and cognition, , 2212-9006 ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

810.9/9283

Soggetti

Young adult literature, American - History and criticism

Sex role in literature

Sex in literature

Teenagers - Books and reading

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fictions of Adolescent Carnality; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction; Ideologies of adolescent carnality: An outline of the study; Adolescence, innocence and power; From innocence and experience to the sexual innocent; The emergence of innocence and the romanticisation of the child; The emergence of adolescence; Sexual innocence and the fear of the knowing child; Imposing the imperative of sexual innocence on adolescents; The end of innocence: Literary losses of virginity; The calamitous consequences of carnality

Education and protection: Birth controlPregnancy and teenage parenthood: "Great ghastly mistake[s] with ructions all round" (Pennington's Heir, p. 32); The monstrous mother: "No one say nuffin' to me now my belly big" (Push, p. 23); Adoption: "it's always seemed like somebody else's baby, Mum's grandchild, Dad's disgrace, Auntie Olive's good work" (Someone Else's Baby, p. 22); Abortion: "There [is] no perfect way, no easy way, no way without pain" (Growing Up in a Hurry, p. 168); Illegal contemplations and complexities "Oh, Pat! You might have killed the baby!" (Young Mother, p. 20)

Changing minds: "I know this is the right thing for a lot of girls, but I



just realized that it's not right for me" (Dancing Naked, p. 45)Going ahead: "I never understood in what way it was like murder" (It's OK, p. 174); Teenage marriages: "I'm not [ill] ... I'm married" (Bo Jo Jones, p. 44); Empowered parents: Fantastic fathers and marvellous mothers; Murdering mothers: An alternative to parenthood?; Disease and death: "Sex can kill you" (The Hanged Man, p. 14); Queer carnalities; Adolescent desires = Queer desires?; Coming out, becoming visible; Stereotypes of coming out

Stereotypes of queer aestheticsCrossing the great divide: Cross-generational carnal capers; Unseen desires: Ghosted girls in straight plots; Queer readings and reading queerly; The beastly bestiality of adolescent desire; The 'natural' affinity of adolescents and animals; Canine carnalities: Queer boys and their dogs; Horsing around: The queer carnalities of the stable; Metamorphosis: Disguising deviant desires; Shuddering with pleasure: Embracing the power of the stag; Unleashing the power of the tiger; Seasonal desires and the desire of being in season; In the heat of dog days

The femme fatale or vagina dentataShrinking from the awful form: Sex and the Serpent; The abjection of abused adolescents; Articulate absences and speaking silences: Off-stage depictions of abuse; Forced recoveries: Extending trauma?; The borderlands of abuse: Willing victims?; Unheimlich homes: On-stage rape in the home; Escaping trauma: Refusing recovery?; Narratives of hope and despair; Victims of vice: Prostitution and the loss of innocence; Racially marked bodies: Seeing the invisible; Encountering the abused adolescent body; The end of innocence and the on-set of knowledge?

Corpus of novels and short stories for teenagers

Sommario/riassunto

"Fictions of Adolescent Carnality considers one of the most controversial topics related to adolescents: their experience of desire. In fiction for adolescents, carnal desire is variously presented as a source of angst, an overwhelming experience over which one has no control, bestial, disgusting and, just occasionally, a source of pleasure. The on-set of desire, within the Anglophone tradition, has been closely associated with the loss of innocence and the end of childhood. Drawing on a corpus of 200 narratives of adolescent desire, Kokkola examines the connections between sociological accounts of teenagers' sexual behaviour, adult fears for and about their off-spring and fictional representations of adolescents exploring their sexuality. Taking up topics such as adolescent pregnancy and parenthood, queer sexualities, animal-human connections and sexual abuse, Kokkola provides wide-ranging insights into how Anglophone literature responds to adolescents' carnal desires, and contributes to on-going debates on the construction of adolescence and the ideology of innocence."--Publisher's website.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463138303321

Autore

Renard John <1944->

Titolo

Islam and Christianity [[electronic resource] ] : theological themes in comparative perspective / / John Renard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27757-3

9786613277572

0-520-94833-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

297.2/83

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Islam - Doctrines

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Theology, Doctrinal

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction. Theological Themes and Subdisciplines -- 1. Sacred Sources and Community Origins -- 2. Development and Spread -- 3. From Story to Creed -- 4. The Emergence of Theological Disciplines -- 5. Beneath the Brick and Mortar -- 6. Institutions in Action -- 7. Sources, Methods, and Social Values in Theological Ethics -- 8. Sources and Models in Traditions of Spirituality -- 9. Themes in Prayer and Mystical Theology -- Epilogue. Reflections on the Prospects for Christian-Muslim Theological Dialogue -- Notes -- Theological Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Names, Individuals, and Groups -- Index of Scriptural Citations

Sommario/riassunto

In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as well as the differences between Islam and Christianity through a clear exploration of four major dimensions-



historical, creedal, institutional, and ethical and spiritual. Throughout, the book features comparisons between concrete elements such as creedal statements, prayer texts, and writings from major theologians and mystics. It also includes a glossary of technical theological terms. For western readers in particular, this balanced, authoritative work overturns some common stereotypes about Islam, especially those that have emerged in the decade since September 11, 2001.