From Single to Serious: Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses (The American Campus)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813587883 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is, as she says, about navigating 'a minefield of contradictory messages,' rules, norms, and codes. Dana Malone does not disappoint in this carefully analytic description of the relationship culture on evangelical Protestant campuses. Conventional ideas of masculinity and femininity are certainly not dead. The book reminds me of the ways in which American youth aren't just polarized politically, but culturally around the oldest of institutions—marriage—and the most primal of practices, sex." . "Sometimes insider information makes all the difference. Malone painstakingly describes the dating—and sometimes mating—rituals that characterize this American subculture
As they work to form successful unions, students at evangelical colleges balance sacred ideologies of purity, holiness, and godliness, while also dealing with more mainstream notions of popularity, the online world, and the appeal of sexual intimacy. In From Single to Serious, Dana M. That is what many students expect to happen during their time at university—it is part of growing up and navigating the relationship scene on most American campuses today. College students hook up and have sex. She examines the struggles they have in balancing their gendered and religious presentations of self, the expectations of their campus community, and their desire to find meaningful romantic relationships. . Malone shines a light on friendship, dating, and, sexuality, in both the ideals and the practical experiences of heterosexual students at U. But what do you do when you’re a student at an evangelical university? Students at these schools must negotiate a barrage of religiously imbued undercurrents that impact how they think about relationships, in addition to how they experience and evaluate them. evangelical colleges. S