Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns /

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Author / Creator:Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969- author.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258818
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ISBN:9780520950559
0520950550
9780520267275
0520267273
9780520267282
0520267281
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
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Summary:Even though they are immersed in sex-saturated society, millions of teens are pledging to remain virgins until their wedding night. How are evangelical Christians persuading young people to wait until marriage? Christine J. Gardner looks closely at the language of the chastity movement and discovers a savvy campaign that uses sex to "sell" abstinence. Drawing from interviews with evangelical leaders and teenagers, she examines the strategy to shift from a negative "just say no" approach to a positive one: "just say yes" to great sex within marriage. Making chastity sexy sheds new light on an a ...
Other form:Print version: Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969- Making chastity sexy. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267275
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