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Author Van Klinken, A. S., author.

Title Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa / Adriaan van Klinken
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)
Series Africana religions
Africana religions.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sexual minorities -- Kenya -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Homosexuality -- Kenya -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Homophobia -- Kenya
Homosexuality and the arts -- Kenya
Homophobia
Homosexuality and the arts
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
LGBTQ+ religions
LGBTQ+ Christians
LGBTQ+ activism
Homophobia
Queer studies
Kenya
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271085609
0271085606
9780271085623
0271085622