Baby, You are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall (Gender, Theology and Spirituality)
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844658945 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An Inspirational and Significant Contribution to the Fields of LGBTQ History and Religious Studies" according to J. Erickson. In Marie Cartier’s opus, Baby You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall , Cartier provides an accessible and thought provoking analysis of mid-20th Century American butch-femme bar culture, how it should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community, and the various movements it spawned as a result. Set in a time when homosexuality w. A. Brink said A groundbreaking history/study of LGBT people, the bars and religion.. If a researcher does "A groundbreaking history/study of LGBT people, the bars and religion." according to A. Brink. If a researcher does 25 interviews with all different people, it is generally considered an extensive study. This author interviewed over 100 LGBT people (most were lesbians) and the results are here. I know the author, I was interviewed by her for the book and I was very impressed by the extensive research and history recorded here. I had never before heard bars compar. 5 interviews with all different people, it is generally considered an extensive study. This author interviewed over 100 LGBT people (most were lesbians) and the results are here. I know the author, I was interviewed by her for the book and I was very impressed by the extensive research and history recorded here. I had never before heard bars compar. This book is fantastic. I grew up as a twenty something lesbian fitz This book is fantastic. I grew up as a twenty something lesbian in the 80's and it is so descriptive of alot of my experience. I have a better understanding of the generation before me and SO appreciate the insight into their lives, struggles and how they paved the way for myself and this newer generation. I wish the twenty somethings would read this book and gain more
It reveals that religious institutions such as the Metropolitan Community Church were founded in such bars, that traditional and non-traditional religious activities took place there, and that religious ceremonies such as marriage were often conducted within the bars by staff. Baby, You are My Religion explores this community as a site of a lived corporeal theology and political space. Baby, You are My Religion examines how these bars became not only ecclesiastical sites but also provided the fertile ground for the birth of the struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights before Stonewall.. Before Stonewallwhen homosexuals were still deemed mentally illthese bars were the only place where many could have any community at all. Baby, You Are My Religion argues that American butch-femme bar culture of the mid-20th Century should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community
The accessible prose, supplemented with a sizable list of theoretical and theological definitions, in addition to the entertaining and provocative interviews, makes for an undemanding, yet fun, read."Marcie Bianco, Lambda Literary Review "Cartier’s book offers new wisdom and rejuvenation to those activist religious scholars searching for a religious history of LGBTQ inclusion only to find that one does not exist."John Erickson, Claremont Journal of Religion"This book provides a good slice of history, social interactions and limitations that were placed on gay women as they t
She teaches in Film and Media at UC Irvine and Gender and Women’s Studies at California State University Northridge.. Marie Cartier is a scholar, visual /performance artist, queer activist, poet and theologian who has been active in many movements for social change