Blasphemous Art?: Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Arts and Popular Culture (ISSN)

By: Adriaan Van Klinken and van den Brandt, Nella and van den Berg, Mariecke

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Synopsis: This book explores the critical and transformative potential of arts and popular culture for constructions of religion, gender and sexuality. Doing so, it deploys and develops the notion of blasphemous art, honouring and building on the work of Anne-Marie Korte. Deliberately articulated with a question mark, Blasphemous Art? raises questions about the spaces, methods and resources available to individuals and communities at the gendered, sexual and racialized margins of society to tell their stories, claim their bodies and perform symbolic and sacred meaning, and it analyses the productive effects – both aesthetically, politically and theoretically – of such provocative work. The book focuses on a wide range of artistic and cultural expressions, featuring case studies from across Europe, South Africa, Israel and the United States. Drawing on feminist, queer and postcolonial perspectives, the book reveals the critical, constructive and imaginative potential of the creative arts (broadly defined) and popular culture in its complex and diverse representation of, and engagement with, religious life, belief, text, ritual and practice.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040166017
Related ISBNs:: 9781040165942, 9781032593371, 9781032623887
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/31/24
Copyrighted By:: Jacob McNulty
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Adriaan van Klinken
Edited by:: Nella van den Brandt
Edited by:: Mariecke van den Berg