{"product_id":"kenyan-christian-queer-religion-lgbt-activism-and-arts-of-resistance-in-africa-paperback","title":"Kenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdriaan Van Klinken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular narratives cite religion as the driving force behind homophobia in Africa, portraying Christianity and LGBT expression as incompatible. Without denying Christianity's contribution to the stigma, discrimination, and exclusion of same-sex-attracted and gender-variant people on the continent, Adriaan van Klinken presents an alternative narrative, foregrounding the ways in which religion also appears as a critical site of LGBT activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking up the notion of \"arts of resistance,\" \u003ci\u003eKenyan, Christian, Queer\u003c\/i\u003e presents four case studies of grassroots LGBT activism through artistic and creative expressions--including the literary and cultural work of Binyavanga Wainaina, the \"Same Love\" music video produced by gay gospel musician George Barasa, the \u003ci\u003eStories of Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e anthology project, and the LGBT-affirming Cosmopolitan Affirming Church. Through these case studies, Van Klinken demonstrates how Kenyan traditions, black African identities, and Christian beliefs and practices are being navigated, appropriated, and transformed in order to allow for queer Kenyan Christian imaginations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransdisciplinary in scope and poignantly intimate in tone, \u003ci\u003eKenyan, Christian, Queer\u003c\/i\u003e opens up critical avenues for rethinking the nature and future of the relationship between Christianity and queer activism in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAdriaan van Klinken\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTransforming Masculinities in African Christianity: Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePublic Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Controversies over Homosexuality in Contemporary Africa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532443889885,"sku":"9780271083810","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/MLWzNFVrnX9780271083810.webp?v=1788975527","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/kenyan-christian-queer-religion-lgbt-activism-and-arts-of-resistance-in-africa-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}