Virgin nation : sexual purity and American adolescence

Virgin nation : sexual purity and American adolescence / Sara Moslener.

'Virgin Nation' historicises the contemporary purity movement by examining how earlier movements established the rhetorical and moral frameworks utilised by the leading purity organisations, True Loves Waits and Silver Ring Thing. This historical investigation reveals that purity work over...

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Main Author: Moslener, Sara (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Chastity.
Sexual abstinence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Social movements > United States > History.
Values > United States > History.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Sexual abstinence > Religious aspects > Christianity
Chastity
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity
Social movements
Values
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:'Virgin Nation' historicises the contemporary purity movement by examining how earlier movements established the rhetorical and moral frameworks utilised by the leading purity organisations, True Loves Waits and Silver Ring Thing. This historical investigation reveals that purity work over the last two centuries has developed in concert with widespread fears of changing traditional gender roles and sexual norms, national decline, and global apocalypse.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199987771
0199987777
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2015).

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