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Author Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-

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

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 249 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Sexual abstinence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sexual abstinence -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
Sex instruction for teenagers -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520267275 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520267282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520950559 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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