Modest it hottest : deconstructing female sexuality in evangelical communities

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dc.contributor.advisor Gonick, Marnina
dc.creator VanderHeide, Jodi
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-25T14:51:18Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-25T14:51:18Z
dc.date.issued 2023-03-23
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/31622
dc.description 1 online resource (117 pages)
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-117).
dc.description.abstract This research thesis examines the surveillance of female bodies in religious landscapes and its impact on women's sexual experiences and well-being. The project focuses on the 1990s early 2000s evangelical purity movement, which is rooted in white, heteronormative forms of sexuality and traditional gender roles, and its effects on women raised within this ideological environment. The movement’s emphasis on premarital sexual abstinence and restrictive forms of sexual expression position women as gatekeepers to male sexuality and place moral imperatives on women’s dress and behaviour. Through engagement with tenets of feminist theology and critical whiteness theory, I explore how gender and race are situated within evangelical purity ideology, and the ways in which the participants’ narratives are reflective of these tenets. Research methods include conducting small-scale focus groups, which acted as a safe space for personal narrative sharing and fostered a consciousness-raising dynamic in which participants deconstructed their experiences of purity culture. en_CA
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dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcsh Women -- Sexual behavior
dc.subject.lcsh Evangelicalism -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcsh Sex role
dc.subject.lcsh Evangelical counsels
dc.title Modest it hottest : deconstructing female sexuality in evangelical communities en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Women and Gender Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Women and Gender Studies
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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