Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Subjects:	Sexual abstinence > Religious aspects > Christianity. Sexual abstinence > Study and teaching > United States. Teenagers > Sexual behavior > United States. Sex instruction for teenagers > Religious aspects > Christianity.

Table of 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.

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