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Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns

Author
Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-
Title
Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.
Format
Book
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description
xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
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.
Kinsey subjects
Celibacy. Religious sex attitudes. Religious attitudes on sex education.
ISBN
9780520267275 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520267273 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520267282 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520267281 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
208.21 G27 m2 2011
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute