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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Main Author: Rosado-Román, Alexandra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2021
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
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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