Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns

Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.

Author/creator	Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-
Other author/creator	ProQuest (Firm)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description	xii, 249 pages
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Subject(s)	Sexual abstinence--Religious aspects --Christianity. Sexual abstinence--Study and teaching --United States. Teenagers--Sexual behavior --United States. Sex instruction for teenagers--Religious aspects --Christianity.

Contents	From abstinence to purity : the changing tropes of chastity -- Of purity rings and pop stars : using sex to sell abstinence -- "Someday my prince will come" : the fairy-tale narrative and female power -- Disciplining sexuality : how American evangelical youth are committing to abstinence and sticking with it -- The fractured fairy tale : when true love doesn't wait -- Fearing God, not AIDS : abstinence in Africa -- The condom conflict : saving lives or promoting promiscuity? -- What's not so great about great sex -- Appendix A : U.S. interview list -- Appendix B : Africa interview list.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010052677

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