Burke, Kelsy, 1985-
Christians under covers evangelicals and sexual pleasure on the Internet / [electronic resource] : Kelsy Burke. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Godly sex : a new evangelical sexual logic -- Overcoming the obscene : using religion to talk about sex -- Virtual and virtuous : forming online religious communities -- Sexual awakening : defining women's pleasures -- What makes a man : making "bad" sex "good" -- Conclusion : paths of desire -- Appendix A : websites mentioned by name in the book -- Appendix B: doing internet ethnography.
"Christians under Covers shifts how scholars and popular media talk about religious conservatives and sex. In an ethnography drawn from Christian sexuality websites, Kelsy Burke examines 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 book complicates boundaries between normal and subversive, empowered and oppressed, and sacred and profane"--Provided by publisher.
9780520961586 0520961587
Sex in mass media.
Internet--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christians--Sexual behavior--United States.
Electronic books.
HQ63 / .B87 2016
233/.5
Christians under covers evangelicals and sexual pleasure on the Internet / [electronic resource] : Kelsy Burke. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Godly sex : a new evangelical sexual logic -- Overcoming the obscene : using religion to talk about sex -- Virtual and virtuous : forming online religious communities -- Sexual awakening : defining women's pleasures -- What makes a man : making "bad" sex "good" -- Conclusion : paths of desire -- Appendix A : websites mentioned by name in the book -- Appendix B: doing internet ethnography.
"Christians under Covers shifts how scholars and popular media talk about religious conservatives and sex. In an ethnography drawn from Christian sexuality websites, Kelsy Burke examines 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 book complicates boundaries between normal and subversive, empowered and oppressed, and sacred and profane"--Provided by publisher.
9780520961586 0520961587
Sex in mass media.
Internet--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christians--Sexual behavior--United States.
Electronic books.
HQ63 / .B87 2016
233/.5