When religious ‘mommy bloggers’ met ‘mommy porn

Evangelical Christian and Mormon women’s responses to Fifty Shades

Bibliographic Data

ID7375200
AuthorsDeborah Whitehead (University of Colorado, USA, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume16
Issue8
Pages915-931
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460713508904
OpenAlexW2068725029
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited13

While some conservative religious women have rejected Fifty Shades of Grey as contrary to their values and beliefs, others have embraced it. This article analyzes commentaries and reflections on the book series in US evangelical Christian and Mormon women’s blog communities, and shows how many of these women find value in the books because of their personal, cultural, and religious significance. I argue that attention to the reading strategies employed by evangelical and Mormon women in relation to Fifty Shades demonstrates a complex set of responses to ‘secular’ culture as well as ongoing negotiations of gender, sexuality, and authority within these conservative religious traditions

Human sexuality · Negotiation · Political science · Reading (process · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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