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Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Hardcover)
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Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Hardcover)
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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". Using the lenses of ethnomusicology, musicology,
anthropology, men's studies, queer studies, and theology, Flaming?:
The Peculiar Theo-Politics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel
Performance observes how male vocalists traverse their tightly-knit
social networks and negotiate their identities through and beyond
the worship experience. Author Alisha Jones ultimately addresses
the ways in which gospel music and performance can afford African
American men not only greater visibility, but also an affirmation
of their fitness to minister through speech and song.
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