RT Article
T1 Touching the Taboo in Sacred Space: Reading Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose as a ‘Catalyst for a Sexual Discourse of Resistance’ in the Black Church
JF Theology & sexuality
VO 13
IS 3
SP 275
OP 287
A1 Moore, Darnell
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779664281
AB Sex-talk is often differentiated or eradicated from God-talk within the Black church in America; as a result, many pertinent issues like androcentrism, heterosexism, homophobia, and violence against women continue to flourish because of the lack of dialogue regarding sexuality. Because of this womanist theologians like Kelly Brown Douglas have convincingly argued that people of African descent must engage in a ‘sexual discourse of resistance’, particularly the Black church in America, if true wholeness is to be achieved. This paper will explore themes present with Sherley Anne Williams's novel, Dessa Rose, which may be useful as catalysts for such a discourse.
K1 Kelly Brown Douglas
K1 Sherley Anne Williams
K1 Dessa Rose
K1 Sexuality
K1 Black Church
DO 10.1177/1355835807078261