Sexual embodiment in girlhood and beyond : young migrant and refugee women's discourse of silence, secrecy, and shame

Jane Ussher; Alexandra Hawkey; Janette Perz

doi:10.1017/9781108116121.007

Sexual embodiment in girlhood and beyond : young migrant and refugee women's discourse of silence, secrecy, and shame

Jane Ussher, Alexandra Hawkey, Janette Perz

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

This chapter will draw on the findings of a recent research study conducted in Australia and Canada to explore the material-discursive-intrapsychic context of young migrant and refugee women's sexual embodiment, and to examine the implications of our research, and those of others in this field, for sexual health practice and policy in relation to young women.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence
Editors	Sharon Lamb, Jen Gilbert
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	113-138
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Print)	9781107190719
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108116121.007
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

immigrants
refugees
sex
sexual instruction
young women

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The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence. ed. / Sharon Lamb; Jen Gilbert. U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2019. p. 113-138.

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