Alisha Lola Jones
Flaming - Paperback

The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance

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Komponist Alisha Lola Jones
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Verlag Oxford University Press
Bestell-Nr. 9780190065423

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Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 304
Erschienen: 04.06.2020
Maße: 156 x 235 mm
ISBN: 9780190065423

Male-centered theology, a dearth of men in the pews, and an overrepresentation of queer males in music ministry: these elements coexist within the spaces of historically black Protestant churches, creating an atmosphere where simultaneous heteropatriarchy and 'real' masculinity anxieties, archetypes of the 'alpha-male preacher', the 'effeminate choir director' and homo-antagonism, are all in play. The 'flamboyant' male vocalists formed in the black Pentecostal music ministry tradition, through their vocal styles, gestures, and attire in church services, display a spectrum of gender performances - from 'hyper-masculine' to feminine masculine - to their fellow worshippers, subtly protesting and critiquing the otherwise heteronormative theology in which the service is entrenched. And while the performativity of these men is characterized by cynics as 'flaming,' a similar musicalized 'fire' - that of the Holy Spirit - moves through the bodies of Pentecostal worshippers, endowing them religio-culturally, physically, and spiritually like 'fire shut up in their bones'.