Provocative Innocence: Deconstructing Youth Sexuality through a Patriarchal & Immanent Framework

The purpose of this exploratory study is to deconstruct dominant discourses of youth’s sexuality through the exploration of a cultural text. Patriarchal and immanent frameworks form the theoretical basis for a deconstructive textual analysis and systematic mise en scène analysis of the chosen text, the film, Thirteen (Hardwicke, 2003). I intend to explore the portrayal of youth sexuality by deconstructing discourses of sexuality that are simultaneously reflected and interrogated in the above mentioned media text. I have chosen this approach in order to deconstruct socially constructed ways of knowing and experiencing sexuality in order to uncover a multitude of possibilities for sexuality. In other words, this project will use deconstruction in order to reconceptualize sexuality.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. Child and Youth Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department dc:contributor.department

Department ofChild and Youth Studies

Grantor

Brock University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Mills, Jessica J.

• post-modernism
• Immanence
• sexuality
• youth

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10464/4193

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:brocku.scholaris.ca:10464/4193