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Below the Belt: Religion, Sexuality and Politics in the Rural South

Below the Belt: Religion, Sexuality and Politics in the Rural South

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Publisher's Synopsis

Alternative lifestyles are anathema to the inhabitants of rural areas of the Bible Belt. Even gays and lesbians themselves resist the notions of community and self-identification espoused by city queers. As Wilson demonstrates, it is the combination of internalized self-hatred, the influence of the right-wing Republicans and religious fervor, together with the hatred, fear, and suspicion aroused by the intervention of gay and lesbian activists from urban areas, that determine the tenor of gay life in the American rural South. A series of shocking interviews with local religious leaders and medical experts whose opinions shape local discourse in sexuality, abortion, feminiosm, and AIDS are the foundation for this revelatory study.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780304335503
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.770975
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 300g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 9mm