UID:
almafu_9959234447702883
Format:
1 online resource (292 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-53986-8
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9786612539862
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0-253-00402-0
Content:
Melissa M. Wilcox explores the complex spiritual lives of queer women in the Los Angeles area. She takes the reader on a tour of a colorful array of religious and secular groups that serve as spiritual resources for these women -- from the well-known Metropolitan Community Churches to Wiccan covens, from the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Arguing that these women's stories are exemplary cases of postmodern patterns of religious identity, belief, and practice, Wilcox offers a nuanced analysis of contemporary Western spirituality and selfhood, and a detailed exploration of the history of queer religious organizing in Los Angeles. Queer Women and Religious Individualism is important reading for scholars in religious studies, sociology, women's studies, and LGBT studies.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Los Angeles -- 1 Beyond the Congregation -- 2 Setting the Stage: Historical Contexts -- 3 Queering the Spiritual Marketplace -- 4 Negotiating Religion: Continuity, Conversion, Innovation -- 5 Tiles in the Mosaic: Organizations as Resources -- 6 Building a Mosaic: The Sacred (and the) Self -- 7 Queer Women, Religion, and Postmodernity -- Appendix A. Biographical Summaries -- Appendix B. Methods and Methodological Considerations -- Appendix C. Interview Schedules -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-22116-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-35351-3
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=501436
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