Latter-Day Sex : Religion, Marriage and Queer Politics
This paper, as part of my dissertation more broadly, will examine the 2008 raid on the Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints through the lens of queer and feminist theories as well as through notions of religious freedom. Using ethnography as a vehicle to complement and buttress my theoretical interventions, I will demonstrate that Texas's antagonistic relationship to the polygamous Mormon families of Eldorado compels us to reimagine polygamy in terms of queerness. In order to make this analytical move, I will explore the complex relationship between religious duty, bodily comportment, and normative expectations for sexuality. Ultimately, the raid poses a challenge to the nature and reach of religious freedom – particularly what may be an incommensurable relationship between religious freedom and religious/sexual difference
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2011
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Authors: | Ambutter, Cassie |
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[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Religion | Ehe | Marriage | Familienökonomik | Family economics | Sexualität | Sexuality | Geschlecht | Gender |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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