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Kenyan, Christian, Queer Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa / Adriaan van Klinken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Klinken, A. S., author.
- Series:
- Africana religions.
- Africana religions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Homosexuality and the arts.
- Homophobia.
- Homosexuality and the arts--Kenya.
- Homophobia--Kenya.
- Homosexuality--Kenya--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Homosexuality.
- Sexual minorities--Kenya--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sexual minorities.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Kenya.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: From "African homophobia" to queer arts of resistance
- Kenyan queer critique of Christianity and homophobia
- Interlude 1: Prophetess
- Kenyan claim to queer and Christian love
- Interlude 2: Bodywork
- Kenyan queer stories of sexuality and faith
- Interlude 3: Positive
- Kenyan queer Christian community
- Interlude 4: Ambassador.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271085623
- 0271085622
- 9780271085609
- 0271085606
- OCLC:
- 1127944509
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