Moravian Familiarities: Queer Community in the Moravian Church in Europe and North America in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
This article argues that mid-eighteenth-century Moravian religious discourse produced unique forms of self, desire, and community. It uses queer theory to reframe previous scholarship on Moravian masculinity, homoeroticism, marriage, and social structure in order to emphasize aspects of Moravian cul...
| Published in: | Journal of Moravian history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
2013
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Journal of Moravian history
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| Summary: | This article argues that mid-eighteenth-century Moravian religious discourse produced unique forms of self, desire, and community. It uses queer theory to reframe previous scholarship on Moravian masculinity, homoeroticism, marriage, and social structure in order to emphasize aspects of Moravian cultural difference that have been elided in such debates as whether Moravian men were effeminate and whether the choir was a threat to the family. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-6310 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Moravian history
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