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University of California Press
- Christians under Covers: Evangelicals and Sexual Pleasure on the Internet
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Christians under Covers shifts how scholars and popular media talk about religious conservatives and sex. Moving away from debates over homosexuality, premarital sex, and other perceived sexual sins, Kelsy Burke examines Christian sexuality websites to show how some evangelical Christians use digital media to promote the idea that God wants married, heterosexual couples to have satisfying sex lives. These evangelicals maintain their religious beliefs while incorporating feminist and queer language into their talk of sexuality—encouraging sexual knowledge, emphasizing women’s pleasure, and justifying marginal sexual practices within Christian marriages. This illuminating ethnography complicates the boundaries between normal and subversive, empowered and oppressed, and sacred and profane.
Table of Contents
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- List of Figures and Tables
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- A Note to Readers on Quoting Online Content
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-28
- Conclusion: Paths of Desire
- pp. 155-168
- Appendix B: Doing Internet Ethnography
- pp. 171-180
- Bibliography
- pp. 205-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520961586
Related ISBN(s)
9780520286320
MARC Record
OCLC
934706273
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2016-05-18
Language
English
Open Access
No