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Desire work : ex-gay and Pentecostal masculinity in South Africa / Melissa Hackman.
LIBRA HQ76.3.S62 C343 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hackman, Melissa, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay people--South Africa--Cape Town.
- Gay people.
- Ex-gay movement--South Africa--Cape Town.
- Ex-gay movement.
- Pentecostal churches--South Africa--Cape Town.
- Pentecostal churches.
- Masculinity--Religious aspects--Pentecostal churches.
- Masculinity.
- South Africa--Cape Town.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 198 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- In postapartheid Cape Town - Africa's gay capital - many Pentecostal men turned to "ex-gay" ministries in hopes of "curing" their homosexuality in order to conform to conservative Christian values and African social norms. In this book the author traces the experiences of predominantly white ex-gay men as they attempt to forge a heterosexual masculinity and enter into heterosexual marriage through emotional, bodily, and religious work. These men subjected themselves to daily self-surveillance and followed prescribed behaviors such as changing how they talked and walked. Ex-gay men also saw themselves as participating in the redemption of the nation, because South African society was perceived as suffering from a crisis of masculinity in which the country lacked enough moral heterosexual men. By tying the experience of ex-gay men tot he convergence of social movements and public debates surrounding race, violence, religion, and masculinity in South Africa, the author offers insights into the construction of personal identities in the context of sexuality and spirituality.
- Contents:
- Cultural convergences
- Building godly emotional intimacy
- Becoming spiritual warriors : learning how to fight demonic sexual desires
- Mastering romance and sexual feelings
- "I didn't fall, I'm free" : leaving Healing Revelation Ministries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hackman, Melissa, 1978- Desire work.
- ISBN:
- 9781478000648
- 1478000643
- 9781478000822
- 1478000821
- OCLC:
- 1005113554
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