Pleasures and Perils : : Girls' Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture / / Debra Curtis.
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 co...
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