Interlude. "But are as the angels which are in heaven" (Mark 12:25): reimagining a gender-ambiguous heaven in Dorian Electra's Adam & Steve

The American singer and songwriter Dorian Electra is a queer phenomenon. Their dandy appearance - the latest album is called Flamboyant (2017) - goes hand in hand with the criticism of toxic masculinity and gender binarism. One of their latest tracks, called "Adam and Steve", is a gay rete...

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Published in:Journal for religion, film and media
Main Author: Schlote, Yannick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie [2020]
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Adam & Steve (Song) / Genesis / Bible. Markusevangelium 12,25 / Reception / Gender-specific role / Queer theology
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CE Christian art
HA Bible
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B queer readings of biblical texts
B Dorian Electra
B Adam and Steve
B Pop Culture
B Theological Anthropology
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Summary:The American singer and songwriter Dorian Electra is a queer phenomenon. Their dandy appearance - the latest album is called Flamboyant (2017) - goes hand in hand with the criticism of toxic masculinity and gender binarism. One of their latest tracks, called "Adam and Steve", is a gay retelling of the Genesis story. It turns on the derogative phrase: It‘s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve that is used to imply an irreconcilable disparity between Christianity and gay love, i.e. queerness in general ...
ISSN:2617-3697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25364/05.6:2020.2.7