Queer Nuns : : Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody / / Melissa M. Wilcox.
An engaging look into the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, queer activists devoted to social justice The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence make up an unlikely order of nuns. Self-described as “twenty-first century queer nuns,” the Sisters began in 1979 when three bored gay men donned retired Roman Cat...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sexual Cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 11 Illustrations, color, 16 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: “Modern- Day Badass Drag Queen Superhero Nuns”
- 1. “It Was Like This Asteroid Belt”: The Origins and Growth of the Sisters
- 2. “We ARE Nuns, Silly!”: Serious Parody as Activism
- 3. “A Sacred, Powerful Woman”: Complicating Gender
- 4. “Sister Outsiders”: Navigating Whiteness
- 5. “A Secular Nun”: Serious Parody and the Sacred
- Conclusion: New World Order?
- Appendix A: Blooper Reel
- Appendix B: Studying the Sisters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author