Title:
Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns
Author:
Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969- author.
ISBN:
9780520950559
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)
Abstract:
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 ...
Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppqsnCopies:
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