Below the Belt : Sexuality, Religion and the American South

Type

Book

Authors

Angelia Wilson

ISBN 10

0304335509

ISBN 13

9780304335503

Tags

theology, Fundamentalism, General, LGBT, Rural, Religious Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Sociology, Gay, Lesbian, the South, American South

Description

Alternative lifestyles are anathema to the inhabitants of rural areas of the Bible Belt. Even gays and lesbians themselves resist the notions of community and self-identification espoused by city queers. As Wilson demonstrates, it is the combination of internalized self-hatred, the influence of the right-wing Republicans and religious fervor, together with the hatred, fear, and suspicion aroused by the intervention of gay and lesbian activists from urban areas, that determine the tenor of gay life in the American rural South. A series of shocking interviews with local religious leaders and medical experts whose opinions shape local discourse in sexuality, abortion, feminiosm, and AIDS are the foundation for this revelatory study. - from Amzon

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