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Making Chastity Sexy : The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns / / Christine J. Gardner



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Autore: Gardner Christine J. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Making Chastity Sexy : The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns / / Christine J. Gardner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina: 261.8/35708350973
Soggetto topico: Sex instruction for teenagers - Religious aspects - Christianity
Sex instruction for teenagers -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Sexual abstinence - Religious aspects - Christianity
Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Sexual abstinence - Study and teaching - United States
Sexual abstinence -- Study and teaching -- United States
Teenagers - Sexual behavior - United States
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United States
Sexual abstinence - Christianity - Religious aspects - United States
Teenagers - Sexual behavior
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Social Sciences
Gender Studies & Sexuality
Soggetto non controllato: abstinence campaigns
american society
american teens
chastity movement
chastity
christian education
evangelical christians
evangelical leaders
feminist ideals
gender and sexuality
gender politics
interviews
marriage and sex
modern society
nonfiction study
persuasion
pledge of abstinence
rhetorical analysis
sex and relationships
sex saturated world
sex
sociology
sub saharan africa
theology
united states
virginity
young people
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abstinence, AIDS, and Evangelicals: An Introduction -- 1. From Abstinence to Purity: The Changing Tropes of Chastity -- 2. Of Purity Rings and Pop Stars: Using Sex to Sell Abstinence -- 3. "Someday My Prince Will Come": The Fairy-tale Narrative and Female Power -- 4. Disciplining Sexuality: How American Evangelical Youth Are Committing to Abstinence-and Sticking with It -- 5. The Fractured Fairy Tale: When True Love Doesn't Wait -- 6. Fearing God, Not AIDS: Abstinence in Africa -- 7. The Condom Conflict: Saving Lives or Promoting Promiscuity? -- 8. What's Not So Great about Great Sex -- Appendix: List of Campaign Leaders -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Even though they are immersed in sex-saturated society, millions of teens are pledging to remain virgins until their wedding night. How are evangelical Christians persuading young people to wait until marriage? Christine J. Gardner looks closely at the language of the chastity movement and discovers a savvy campaign that uses sex to "sell" abstinence. Drawing from interviews with evangelical leaders and teenagers, she examines the strategy to shift from a negative "just say no" approach to a positive one: "just say yes" to great sex within marriage. Making Chastity Sexy sheds new light on an abstinence campaign that has successfully recast a traditionally feminist idea-"my body, my choice"-into a powerful message, but one that Gardner suggests may ultimately reduce evangelicalism's transformative power. Focusing on the United States, her study also includes a comparative dimension by examining the export of this evangelical agenda to sub-Saharan Africa.
Titolo autorizzato: Making Chastity Sexy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27861-8
9786613278616
0-520-95055-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816938603321
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