Hackman Melissa Hackman

Desire Work (eBook, PDF)

Ex-Gay and Pentecostal Masculinity in South Africa

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In postapartheid Cape Town-Africa's gay capital-many Pentecostal men turned to "e;ex-gay"e; ministries in hopes of "e;curing"e; their homosexuality in order to conform to conservative Christian values and African social norms. In Desire Work Melissa Hackman traces the experiences of predominantly white ex-gay men as they attempt to forge a heterosexual masculinity and enter into heterosexual marriage through emotional, bodily, and religious work. These men subjected themselves to daily self-surveillance and followed prescribed behaviors such as changing how they talked and walked. Ex-gay men also saw themselves as participating in the redemption of the nation, because South African society was perceived as suffering from a crisis of masculinity in which the country lacked enough moral heterosexual men. By tying the experience of ex-gay men to the convergence of social movements and public debates surrounding race, violence, religion, and masculinity in South Africa, Hackman offers insights into the construction of personal identities in the context of sexuality and spirituality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781478002314
• Artikelnr.: 54794573

Autorenporträt

Melissa Hackman

Inhaltsangabe

Preface  ix
Acknowledgments  xv
Introduction: Adrian's Desire Work  1
1. Cultural Convergences  39
2. Building Godly Emotional Intimacy  63
3. Becoming Spiritual Warriors: Learning How to Fight Demonic Sexual
Desires  87
4. Mastering Romance and Sexual Feelings  115
5. "I Didn't Fall, I'm Free": Leaving Healing Revelation Ministries  139
Afterword  165
Notes  171
References  177
Index  197