Gardner, Christine J. 1969-

Making chastity sexy the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / [electronic resource] : Christine J. Gardner. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xii, 249 p.

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.
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Sexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sexual abstinence--Study and teaching--United States.
Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.
Sex instruction for teenagers--Religious aspects--Christianity.


Electronic books.

HQ63 / .G37 2011eb

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