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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.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages).
text file
Series Africana religions
Africana religions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
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.
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Subject Sexual minorities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Kenya.
Sexual minorities.
Christianity.
Kenya.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Kenya.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Homophobia -- Kenya.
Homophobia.
Homosexuality and the arts -- Kenya.
Homosexuality and the arts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject LGBTQ+ people.
Sexual minorities.
Homosexuality.
Homophobia.
Other Form: Print version: Van Klinken, A. S. Kenyan, Christian, queer. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019] 9780271083803 (DLC) 2019015040 (OCoLC)1090682997
ISBN 9780271085609 (electronic book)
0271085606 (electronic book)
9780271085623 (electronic book)
0271085622 (electronic book)
9780271083803 (cloth)