The Literary Sweet Spot: Sex in US and UK YA Fiction from the 1960s to the 1980s

This is a transcript of the opening keynote for the Let’s Talk About Sex in YA online conference organised by colleagues at the University of Cambridge in May 2021. It considers the suppression of sexual context in US and UK YA publishing before the 1970s in relation to attitudes to youth, virginity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimberley Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fincham Press 2021-11-01
Series:International Journal of Young Adult Literature
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Online Access:https://ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24877/IJYAL.72