Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa

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    • Van Klinken, A. S.

書誌事項

Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa

Adriaan Van Klinken

The Pennsylvania State University Press, c2019

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収録内容

  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index
  • Introduction : From "African homophobia" to queer arts of resistance
  • Kenyan queer critique of christianity and homophobia
  • Kenyan claim to queer and Christian love
  • Kenyan queer stories of sexuality and faith
  • Kenyan queer Christian community

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内容説明

Popular narratives cite religion as the driving force behind homophobia in Africa, portraying Christianity and LGBT expression as incompatible. Without denying Christianity's contribution to the stigma, discrimination, and exclusion of same-sex-attracted and gender-variant people on the continent, Adriaan van Klinken presents an alternative narrative, foregrounding the ways in which religion also appears as a critical site of LGBT activism. Taking up the notion of "arts of resistance," Kenyan, Christian, Queer presents four case studies of grassroots LGBT activism through artistic and creative expressions-including the literary and cultural work of Binyavanga Wainaina, the "Same Love" music video produced by gay gospel musician George Barasa, the Stories of Our Lives anthology project, and the LGBT-affirming Cosmopolitan Affirming Church. Through these case studies, Van Klinken demonstrates how Kenyan traditions, black African identities, and Christian beliefs and practices are being navigated, appropriated, and transformed in order to allow for queer Kenyan Christian imaginations. Transdisciplinary in scope and poignantly intimate in tone, Kenyan, Christian, Queer opens up critical avenues for rethinking the nature and future of the relationship between Christianity and queer activism in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa.

目次

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: From "African Homophobia" to Queer Arts of Resistance 1 | Kenyan Queer Critique of Christianity and Homophobia Interlude 1 Prophetess 2 | Kenyan Claim to Queer and Christian Love Interlude 2 Bodywork 3 | Kenyan Queer Stories of Sexuality and Faith Interlude 3 Positive 4 | Kenyan Queer Christian Community Interlude 4 Ambassador Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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