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This book explores the relationship between race and class among
middle-class Christians in South Africa. The book provides a
theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of
middle-class Christians in contemporary South Africa, as they seek
to live good lives and build a good society. Focused on the city of
Cape Town, drawing upon ethnographic research in conservative and
progressive multiracial Protestant churches, furnished with
critical analysis of South African literature and popular culture,
this timely study explores expressions of ambition and anxiety that
are both spiritual and material. Building upon debates over
middle-class identity and morality from sociology, anthropology,
and cultural studies, this book analyses congregational attempts at
social unity through worship music and creative youth ministry,
discussions on white privilege and shame, and the impact of
middle-class black activism in South African churches and society.
This book will be of interest to researchers of South African
culture and society, religion, anthropology, and sociology.
The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men's Communities engages in the
necessarily complex task of mapping out the operations of
racialized desire as it circulates among gay men. In exploring such
desire, the contributors to this collection consider the
intersections of privilege and marginalization in the context of
gay men's lives, and in so doing, argue that as much as experiences
of discrimination on the basis of sexuality are shared among many
gay men, experiences of discrimination within gay communities are
equally as common. Focusing specifically on racialization, the
contributors offer insight as to how hierarchies, inequalities, and
practices of exclusion serve to bolster the central position
accorded to certain groups of gay men at the expense of other
groups. Considering how racial desire operates within gay
communities allows the contributors to connect contemporary
struggles for inclusion and recognition with ongoing histories of
marginalization and exclusion. The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay
Men's Communities is an important intervention that disputes the
claim that gay communities are primarily organized around
acceptance and homogeneity and instead demonstrates the
considerable diversity and ongoing tensions that mark gay men's
relationships with one another.
This book explores the relationship between race and class among
middle-class Christians in South Africa. The book provides a
theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of
middle-class Christians in contemporary South Africa, as they seek
to live good lives and build a good society. Focused on the city of
Cape Town, drawing upon ethnographic research in conservative and
progressive multiracial Protestant churches, furnished with
critical analysis of South African literature and popular culture,
this timely study explores expressions of ambition and anxiety that
are both spiritual and material. Building upon debates over
middle-class identity and morality from sociology, anthropology,
and cultural studies, this book analyses congregational attempts at
social unity through worship music and creative youth ministry,
discussions on white privilege and shame, and the impact of
middle-class black activism in South African churches and society.
This book will be of interest to researchers of South African
culture and society, religion, anthropology, and sociology.
The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men's Communities engages in the
necessarily complex task of mapping out the operations of
racialized desire as it circulates among gay men. In exploring such
desire, the contributors to this collection consider the
intersections of privilege and marginalization in the context of
gay men's lives, and in so doing, argue that as much as experiences
of discrimination on the basis of sexuality are shared among many
gay men, experiences of discrimination within gay communities are
equally as common. Focusing specifically on racialization, the
contributors offer insight as to how hierarchies, inequalities, and
practices of exclusion serve to bolster the central position
accorded to certain groups of gay men at the expense of other
groups. Considering how racial desire operates within gay
communities allows the contributors to connect contemporary
struggles for inclusion and recognition with ongoing histories of
marginalization and exclusion. The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay
Men's Communities is an important intervention that disputes the
claim that gay communities are primarily organized around
acceptance and homogeneity and instead demonstrates the
considerable diversity and ongoing tensions that mark gay men's
relationships with one another.
Christian punk is a surprisingly successful musical subculture and
a fascinating expression of American evangelicalism. Situating
Christian punk within the modern history of Christianity and the
rapidly changing culture of spirituality and secularity, this book
illustrates how Christian punk continues punk's autonomous and
oppositional creative practices, but from within a typically
traditional evangelical morality. Analyzing straight edge Christian
abstinence and punk-friendly churches, this book also focuses on
gender performance within a subculture dominated by young men in a
time of contested gender roles and ideologies. Critically-minded
and rich in ethnographic data and insider perspectives, Christian
Punk will engage scholars of contemporary evangelicalism, religion
and popular music, and punk and all its related subcultures.
This book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich
study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth
culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop,
surfing, and skateboarding. Ibrahim Abraham draws on interviews and
fieldwork with dozens of musicians and sports enthusiasts in the
USA, UK, Australia, and South Africa, and the analysis of
evangelical subcultural media including music, film, and extreme
sports Bibles. Evangelical Youth Culture: Alternative Music and
Extreme Sports Subcultures makes innovative use of multiple
theories of youth cultures and subcultures from sociology and
cultural studies, and introduces the "serious leisure perspective"
to the study of religion, youth, and popular culture. Engaging with
the experiences of Pentecostal punks, surfing missionaries,
township rappers, and skateboarding youth pastors, this book makes
an original contribution to the sociology of religion, youth
studies, and the study of religion and popular culture.
This book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich
study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth
culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop,
surfing, and skateboarding. Ibrahim Abraham draws on interviews and
fieldwork with dozens of musicians and sports enthusiasts in the
USA, UK, Australia, and South Africa, and the analysis of
evangelical subcultural media including music, film, and extreme
sports Bibles. Evangelical Youth Culture: Alternative Music and
Extreme Sports Subcultures makes innovative use of multiple
theories of youth cultures and subcultures from sociology and
cultural studies, and introduces the "serious leisure perspective"
to the study of religion, youth, and popular culture. Engaging with
the experiences of Pentecostal punks, surfing missionaries,
township rappers, and skateboarding youth pastors, this book makes
an original contribution to the sociology of religion, youth
studies, and the study of religion and popular culture.
Christian punk is a surprisingly successful musical subculture and
a fascinating expression of American evangelicalism. Situating
Christian punk within the modern history of Christianity and the
rapidly changing culture of spirituality and secularity, this book
illustrates how Christian punk continues punk's autonomous and
oppositional creative practices, but from within a typically
traditional evangelical morality. Analyzing straight edge Christian
abstinence and punk-friendly churches, this book also focuses on
gender performance within a subculture dominated by young men in a
time of contested gender roles and ideologies. Critically-minded
and rich in ethnographic data and insider perspectives, Christian
Punk will engage scholars of contemporary evangelicalism, religion
and popular music, and punk and all its related subcultures.
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