Graham crackers and good girls: a historical and theoretical case for expanding the conceptual reach of purity culture’s control of bodies assigned female at birth

In this work, we make a historical and theoretical case for expanding the conceptual reach of purity culture’s control of bodies assigned female at birth to include body shape and size. Purity culture is a sub-cultural phenomenon primarily recognized as a Protestant Evangelical abstinence movement,...

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Authors: Wolfe, Rebecca (Author) ; Vickery, Rebekah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 92–108
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Evangelical movement / Chastity / Woman / Body / Eating disorder / Patriarchate / History
RelBib Classification:KAA Church history
KDG Free church
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Christian Nationalism
B Eating disorders
B Body Image
B Purity culture
B Evangelical
B Christianity
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