The Pimp God and the Welfare Queens: An Economy of Desire in the “Promiscuous Caribbean”
As imposed by the U.S., the colonial Christian project in Puerto Rico has created a border around the bodies of Puerto Rican women. Subjected to an oppressive economy of desire and narrative of sexual decency, the efforts of Christian women’s liberation movements are susceptive to the patriarchal st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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| In: |
Political theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 97-110 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Puerto Rico
/ Woman's Christian Temperance Union
/ Sexuality
/ Colonialism
/ History 1870-2021
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBR Latin America NCC Social ethics NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
religion and colonization
B Sexual ethics B Imperialism B civilization project B Christianity B Caribbean B body-politics |
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| Summary: | As imposed by the U.S., the colonial Christian project in Puerto Rico has created a border around the bodies of Puerto Rican women. Subjected to an oppressive economy of desire and narrative of sexual decency, the efforts of Christian women’s liberation movements are susceptive to the patriarchal structures that they work against. This work looks closely at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1899-present), one of the highest moral compasses of women’s politics of embodiment in Puerto Rican society, and analyzes the historical complexity of its liberative aims. Finally, this paper concludes with a promiscuous God-talk to continue building a theological reflection on God outside the borders of the exoticization of violence. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1855842 |