God's Beauty Parlor And Other Queer Spaces in and Around the Bible |
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| Author:
| Moore, Stephen D. |
| Series title: | Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-4331-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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God's Beauty Parlor opens the Bible to the contested body of critical commentary on sex and sexuality known as queer theory and to masculinity studies. The author pursues the themes of homoeroticism, masculinity, beauty, and violence through such texts as the Song of Songs, the Gospels, the Letter to the Romans, and the Book of Revelation.
God's Beauty Parlor opens the Bible to the contested body of critical commentary on sex and sexuality known as queer theory and to masculinity studies. The author pursues the themes of homoeroticism, masculinity, beauty, and violence through such texts as the Song of Songs, the Gospels, the Letter to the Romans, and the Book of Revelation.