Queering Black Homophobia: Black Theology as a Sexual Discourse of Transformation

This article explores black homophobia as a co-constitutive phenomenon which harbors the fear of the loss of a black archetypal identity that can be understood as (hetero)normative. Using a method of queering black homophobia from a hetero non-normative viewpoint, an exploration of the authenticity...

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Main Author: Kornegay, E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2004
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2004, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-51
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:This article explores black homophobia as a co-constitutive phenomenon which harbors the fear of the loss of a black archetypal identity that can be understood as (hetero)normative. Using a method of queering black homophobia from a hetero non-normative viewpoint, an exploration of the authenticity of a liberation viewpoint that is multivocal, multidimensional, and offering an interpretation that is inclusive of identities that trouble the waters of black hetero-patriarchal hegemony will be in question as it relates to the role of the Hamitic hypothesis and those interpretations that conflate evil, sexual perversion, and human degeneration within blackness.
ISSN:1745-5170
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/135583580401100104