{"product_id":"abstinence-cinema-virginity-and-the-rhetoric-of-sexual-purity-in-contemporary-film-9780813575117","title":"Abstinence Cinema Virginity and the Rhetoric of Sexual Purity in Contemporary Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice, exposing viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, this title comes to a very different conclusion, finding echoes of the evangelical movement's abstinence-only rhetoric in everything from \u003cem\u003eEasy A\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eTaken\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”Smart textual analysis and informed feminist critique make \u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema \u003c\/i\u003ea welcome addition to scholarship that takes popular culture seriously for its participation in the struggles of contemporary public life.\" -- Bonnie J. Dow * author of Watching Women’s Liberation, 1970: Feminism’s Pivotal Year on the Network News *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a groundbreaking, fearless book, one that takes on a hitherto relatively unexplored question of Hollywood cinema and makes one think anew about the social, political, and sexual politics of contemporary mainstream movies ... Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e] educates audiences, particularly younger readers, parents, and scholars, on the ideological turn of rewriting purity narratives into popular culture through contemporary film.\" * Southern Communication Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating exposé … Students and scholars of film, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies will learn much from Kelly’s well-argued text.\" * H-SAWH *\u003cbr\u003e\"Popular entertainment is an unexplored front in the ongoing culture wars over sexuality. Casey Ryan Kelly’s sophisticated and lively analysis of abstinence cinema is a timely reminder of the high stakes in these debates.\" -- Janice M. Irvine * University of Massachusetts *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional book and should find wide readership throughout communication and rhetorical studies as well as related fields like film studies, gender, studies, and popular culture … Kelly wisely chooses to stay attuned to the early twenty-first century and the particular issues of abstinence but in so doing provides insight into a wide range of contemporary cultural issues ranging from femininity to neoliberalism. The end result of this engaging analysis is a powerful intervention into American cinema.\" * Quarterly Journal of Speech *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book may well enlighten [readers] in terms of what price one have to pay in order to conform to a so-called 'liberated' postmodern society, revealing itself a truly relevant indicator of Hollywood’s deeply rooted yet far from obsolete evangelical moral and political values. That’s already quite an achievement.\" * InMedia *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a groundbreaking, fearless book, one that takes on a hitherto relatively unexplored question of Hollywood cinema and makes one think anew about the social, political, and sexual politics of contemporary mainstream movies ... Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e”Smart textual analysis and informed feminist critique make \u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema \u003c\/i\u003ea welcome addition to scholarship that takes popular culture seriously for its participation in the struggles of contemporary public life.\" -- Bonnie J. Dow * author of Watching Women’s Liberation, 1970: Feminism’s Pivotal Year on the Network News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Popular entertainment is an unexplored front in the ongoing culture wars over sexuality. Casey Ryan Kelly’s sophisticated and lively analysis of abstinence cinema is a timely reminder of the high stakes in these debates.\" -- Janice M. Irvine * University of Massachusetts *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating exposé … Students and scholars of film, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies will learn much from Kelly’s well-argued text.\" * H-SAWH *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e] educates audiences, particularly younger readers, parents, and scholars, on the ideological turn of rewriting purity narratives into popular culture through contemporary film.\" * Southern Communication Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAbstinence Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional book and should find wide readership throughout communication and rhetorical studies as well as related fields like film studies, gender, studies, and popular culture … Kelly wisely chooses to stay attuned to the early twenty-first century and the particular issues of abstinence but in so doing provides insight into a wide range of contemporary cultural issues ranging from femininity to neoliberalism. The end result of this engaging analysis is a powerful intervention into American cinema.\" * Quarterly Journal of Speech *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book may well enlighten [readers] in terms of what price one have to pay in order to conform to a so-called 'liberated' postmodern society, revealing itself a truly relevant indicator of Hollywood’s deeply rooted yet far from obsolete evangelical moral and political values. That’s already quite an achievement.\" * InMedia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Cinema of Abstinence1         Melodrama and Postfeminist Abstinence: \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Saga\u003c\/i\u003e (2008–2012)2         Man\/Boys and Born-Again Virgins: \u003ci\u003eThe 40-Year-Old Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e (2005)3         The Monstrous Girls and Absentee Fathers of Horror: \u003ci\u003eThe Possession\u003c\/i\u003e (2012)4         Abstinence, the Global Sex Industry, and Racial Violence: \u003ci\u003eTaken\u003c\/i\u003e (2008)5         Sexsploitation in Abstinence SatiresConclusion: CounternarrativesNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex ","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742328488279,"sku":"9780813575117","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813575117.jpg?v=1758384304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abstinence-cinema-virginity-and-the-rhetoric-of-sexual-purity-in-contemporary-film-9780813575117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}