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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Sexual purity and national security
  • 1.
  • Sexual purity and civilization work in the 19th century
  • 2.
  • From adolescence to lost innocence: religious revival and sexual deviance in the Cold War era
  • 3.
  • Making family values
  • 4.
  • New purity revolution
  • 5.
  • Performing sexual purity in the media age
  • Conclusion: Fear and accommodation in the contemporary purity culture.

Similar Items