Towards a popular queer Mariology: rediscovering the virgin through popular religiosity
In the dominant theological production of Mary as holy "Virgin," theological discourses have ironically hyper-sexualized the Mother of God. This article explores the sexuality of the Virgin, introducing a Popular Queer Mariology. Engaging with Gloria E. Anzaldúa's treatment of Guadalu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Theology & sexuality
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 131-145 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mariology
/ Folk religion
/ Queer theology
/ Body
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NBJ Mariology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
popular religion
B Virgin B Anzaldúa B Guadalupe / la Llorona / la Chingada B Queer Mariology B Santa Muerte |
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| Summary: | In the dominant theological production of Mary as holy "Virgin," theological discourses have ironically hyper-sexualized the Mother of God. This article explores the sexuality of the Virgin, introducing a Popular Queer Mariology. Engaging with Gloria E. Anzaldúa's treatment of Guadalupe/la Chingada/la Llorona, as well as veneration of Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte, this article contends that popular religiosity provides resources for queering the figure of Mary in ways that destabilizes whore/virgin binaries and affirms death, finitude, and the materiality of the body that dominant theological discourses have attempted to negate. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2019.1627171 |