Putting a Ring on It: Black Women, Black Churches, and Coerced Monogamy
This article addresses sexual politics in black churches, particularly the expectation of heterosexual marriage as a prerequisite for morally acceptable sexuality. This article emphasizes the moralizing of heterosexual monogamous relationships (coerced monogamy) over all other unions by interrogatin...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
[2018]
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Black theology
Ano: 2018, Volume: 16, Número: 3, Páginas: 231-247 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | FD Teologia contextual KDG Igreja livre NBE Antropologia NCF Ética sexual |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Black Church
B Monogamy B poly-womanist sexuality B sexual pleasure B womanist sexual ethics B Marriage |
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Resumo: | This article addresses sexual politics in black churches, particularly the expectation of heterosexual marriage as a prerequisite for morally acceptable sexuality. This article emphasizes the moralizing of heterosexual monogamous relationships (coerced monogamy) over all other unions by interrogating black marriage historically and religio-culturally. Using as case studies Lydia Meredith and Rev. Riva Tims narratives, I explore black churchwomen's tensions around sex, sexuality, gender, and marriage. Ultimately, this article presents a womanist articulation of erotic relationality that rejects coerced monogamy by turning towards polyamory and a deconstruction of the link between sexual pleasure and monogamy. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1670 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Black theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2018.1492304 |
