Interlude. "But are as the angels which are in heaven" (Mark 12:25): reimagining a gender-ambiguous heaven in Dorian Electra's Adam & Steve
The American singer and songwriter Dorian Electra is a queer phenomenon. Their dandy appearance - the latest album is called Flamboyant (2017) - goes hand in hand with the criticism of toxic masculinity and gender binarism. One of their latest tracks, called "Adam and Steve", is a gay rete...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 86-89 |
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Adam & Steve (Song)
/ Genesis
/ Bible. Markusevangelium 12,25
/ Reception
/ Gender-specific role
/ Queer theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CE Christian art HA Bible ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
queer readings of biblical texts
B Dorian Electra B Adam and Steve B Pop Culture B Theological Anthropology |
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| Summary: | The American singer and songwriter Dorian Electra is a queer phenomenon. Their dandy appearance - the latest album is called Flamboyant (2017) - goes hand in hand with the criticism of toxic masculinity and gender binarism. One of their latest tracks, called "Adam and Steve", is a gay retelling of the Genesis story. It turns on the derogative phrase: It‘s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve that is used to imply an irreconcilable disparity between Christianity and gay love, i.e. queerness in general ... |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.6:2020.2.7 |