Queering spirituality and community in the deep South

In this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of spirituality and community as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with explorations of queer spiritualities and LGBTQ people in religious settings. Next, authors investigate and document the rise of the religious...

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Other Authors Strunk, Kamden K. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2019]
SeriesResearch in queer studies.
Subjects
Sexual minority community > Southern States.
Sexual minorities > Relgious life > Southern States.
Homosexuality > Social aspects > Southern States.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Spirituality > Southern States.
Social Science > LGBTQ+ Studies > General.
LGBTQ+ Studies, topics.
Relating to LGBTQ+ people.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806606931
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-575-7
Physical Description1 online resource (222 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : queering spirituality and community in the deep South / Kamden K. Strunk
  • Queer spiritualities
  • Spiritual practices in the deep South : queer theory and the African diaspora / Jacob W. Glazier
  • Deconstructing and reconstructing queer spirituality in the South : intersectionality as a means from the micro to the macro / Christian D. Chan and Philip F. Daniels
  • At a crossroads : growing up Christian and queer in the South / Denise L. Levy
  • Queer analysis of the religious right and Anita Bryant
  • 'We've had it with Anita's brand' : southern lesbian feminists' response to the 1977 Save Our Children Crusade / Hillary R. Anderson
  • From orange juice to the ballot box : media coverage of Anita Bryant's rise and fall in the early religious-right movement / Robert D. Byrd Jr., Melissa Janoske, and Audrey Chaney
  • Queer communities : development and lived experiences
  • Gay liberation has arrived : identity and community in Lafayette, Louisiana, 1968-1981 / Daniel Manuel
  • Welcome to Pensacola, USA's gay riviera : beach parties, moral panics, and the making of a queer capital / Jerry Watkins
  • From James Booker to big freedia and back again : black queer expression, agency and potentiality / Elyse Ambrose and Benae Beamon
  • Intersecting identities : life histories of black gay males growing up in the South, in the 'black gay mecca' / Michael D. Bartone
  • It's hard, but it's home : on living in the deep South / Melanie M. Lantz, Sarah A. McConnell, Brittan L. Davis, and Emily Burish
  • Conclusion / Kamden K. Strunk.

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