Gardner, Christine J. 1969-

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.


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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2014.
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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.