Viewing 1950s Butch-Femme Sexual Practice as Possibly Religious Practice/Practicing Religion
This paper looks at the sexual practice of butches and femmes, particularly from bar culture during the 1950s in North America, as a source for a possible theology of corporeality. Based on over 20 in-depth interviews with butches and femmes from that historical and contemporary period, plus written...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2003
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-57 |
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| Summary: | This paper looks at the sexual practice of butches and femmes, particularly from bar culture during the 1950s in North America, as a source for a possible theology of corporeality. Based on over 20 in-depth interviews with butches and femmes from that historical and contemporary period, plus written memoirs and fictionalized accounts, as well as the author's own participant-observer status in this culture, the study focuses on the subjective experience of participants, allowing their own stories to develop. The ways in which butch-femme culture of the 1950s fixed the gaze of the participant in the sexual act on a sacrality of experience is contrasted to the absence of this discourse in the heterosexual communities of that time. The role of memory and nostalgia is brought into consideration methodologically. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/135583580301000104 |