Of Gin and Lace Sexuality, Liturgy and Identity among Anglo-Catholics in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Martin Stringer begins by asking questions about the different ways in which we can talk about the ‘sexual body’ in worship. He proposes that a study of Anglo-Catholic worship in the middle years of the twentieth century might provide a way of doing this. The paper uses material on ‘drag’ and ‘camp’...
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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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2000
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2000, Volume: 2000, Issue: 13, Pages: 35-54 |
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| Summary: | Martin Stringer begins by asking questions about the different ways in which we can talk about the ‘sexual body’ in worship. He proposes that a study of Anglo-Catholic worship in the middle years of the twentieth century might provide a way of doing this. The paper uses material on ‘drag’ and ‘camp’ in order to understand the ambiguous sexual roles and currents at play within Anglo-Catholic liturgy. He suggests that much of Anglo-Catholic worship can be read as ‘camp’. This is then linked into the parallel histories of Anglo-Catholicism and ‘drag’ through the twentieth century, highlighting their common origins in a working class environment. Martin Stringer aims to show that, while not being inevitable, the presence of gay men within Anglo-Catholicism, and hence the camp nature of the worship, is understandable and can be used to give us a greater insight into the worship itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/135583580000701304 |