Making chastity sexy the rhetoric of e vangelical abstinence campaigns / [electronic resource] :
Christine J. Gardner.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
- xii, 249 p. ; 24 cm.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From abstinence to purity : the changing tropes of chastity -- Of pu rity rings and pop stars : using sex to sell abstinence -- "Someday my prince will come" : the fairy-tale narrative and female power -- Discip lining sexuality : how American evangelical youth are committing to abs tinence and sticking with it -- The fractured fairy tale : when true lo ve 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 -- Appendi x B : Africa interview list.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
Sexual abstinence-- Religious aspects-- Christianity. Sexual abstinence-- Study and teaching-- United States. Teenagers-- Sexual behavior-- United States. Sex instruction for teenagers-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.