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Making chastity sexy [electronic resource] : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.

By: Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: xii, 249 p.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 -- ChristianityGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 261.8/35708350973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.