Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency

dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Donen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Laurenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-30T19:52:41Z
dc.date.available2014-12-30T19:52:41Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 159-169).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractResearch and intervention into female adolescent sexual health in the context of HIV/AIDS have been dominated by individualistic, cognitive perspectives, which present sexuality as a site of rational, individual choice and agency. A paradigm shift has occurred in recent years, advanced with the realisation that decision-making around sexual health is not driven by rational reasoning alone but, rather, is complexly intertwined with social/discursive constructions of gender and sexuality which, in turn, are enmeshed with processes of signification and relations of power. Drawing upon feminist, post-structuralist and discourse analytic theoretical, methodological and analytical frames, the study focuses on the discourses available to young women for making meaning out of their experiences with their bodies, their relationships and sexual choices, and explores how gendered constructions of (female adolescent) sexuality alternatively enable or undermine adolescent girls' sexual health.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKahn, L. (2008). <i>Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10640en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKahn, Lauren. <i>"Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10640en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKahn, L. 2008. Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kahn, Lauren AB - Research and intervention into female adolescent sexual health in the context of HIV/AIDS have been dominated by individualistic, cognitive perspectives, which present sexuality as a site of rational, individual choice and agency. A paradigm shift has occurred in recent years, advanced with the realisation that decision-making around sexual health is not driven by rational reasoning alone but, rather, is complexly intertwined with social/discursive constructions of gender and sexuality which, in turn, are enmeshed with processes of signification and relations of power. Drawing upon feminist, post-structuralist and discourse analytic theoretical, methodological and analytical frames, the study focuses on the discourses available to young women for making meaning out of their experiences with their bodies, their relationships and sexual choices, and explores how gendered constructions of (female adolescent) sexuality alternatively enable or undermine adolescent girls' sexual health. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency TI - Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10640 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10640
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKahn L. Sexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agency. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10640en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleSexual subjects : a feminist post-structuralist analysis of female adolescent sexual subjectivity and agencyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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