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Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns

Title
Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.
Author
Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Description
xii, 249 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Sexual abstinence > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Sexual abstinence > Study and teaching > United States
  • Teenagers > Sexual behavior > United States
  • Sex instruction for teenagers > Religious aspects > Christianity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 11-3454
ISBN
  • 9780520267275 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520267273 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520267282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520267281 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010052677
OCLC
YBP 2010052677
Author
Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-
Title
Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-3454
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