Making chastity sexy : the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / Christine J. Gardner.

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011], ©2011.

xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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